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Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period

by Sherwin Gabriel,
Dirk van Seventer,
Channing Arndt,
Robert J. Davies,
Laurence Harris,
Sherman Robinson and
Jenna Wilf
Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)
Open Access | CC BY-4.0
Citation
Gabriel, Sherwin; van Seventer, Dirk; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Robert J.; Harris, Laurence; Robinson, Sherman; and Wilf, Jenna. 2022. Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 24, Pp. 138-141. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_24

Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios, recovery would have been precarious, but the spread of new virus variants has cast doubt on the hopes for rapid reopening and recovery, especially for low- and middle-income countries with low vaccination rates.

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