book chapter
Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later | 2022 | Pages: 4
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.