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Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Cairo. Her research interests include applied economic development, trade, and spatial economics, with a focus on topics relevant to social protection, food, nutrition, and agriculture in the Middle East and Africa. 

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COVID19: Impact on rural people, migrant workers in India (Daijiworld.com)

June 24, 2020


Daijiworld.com (India)  published an article on how the pandemic is affecting migrant workers, farmers, and those in rural communities. In some states like Bihar, this income forms as much as one-third of the state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) even. According to IFPRI-South Asia within the first few days of the lockdown, there was a huge reversal of rural-urban migration, and it is estimated that 5 lac to 6 lac migrants left for their homes on foot, with even more crowding against buses and trains. (See Improving India’s public distribution system: What can we learn from COVID-19?).

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