Lockdowns were a key policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While they were viewed
as a necessary intervention, concerns were raised about their potential for harmful economic …

Background As a measure to slow down the transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-
19), governments around the world placed their countries under various stringent lockdown …

Objectives The World Bank has projected that the low-and-middle income countries (LMICs)
would face economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. However …

We provide evidence on the economic and well-being impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on a
sample of households in rural Uganda. Our sample consists of 1,277 households randomly …

Uganda had two of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in Sub-Saharan Africa. These severe
lockdowns provide a unique case study for understanding the implications of such public …

Background To reduce the spread of COVID-19, several countries in Africa instituted
countrywide lockdowns and other public health measures. Whereas lockdowns contributed …

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the anticipated socio-economic impacts of a hard
lockdown, the South African government has leveraged three channels of social protection …

During the strict COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by many countries around the world, most of
the vital economic activities were stopped, causing severe socio-economic disruptions …

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor in a semi-
rural setting in Bangladesh. We use an unusually rich dataset which tracks the economic …

It is too soon to assess the full economic impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns will have on
developing countries. But early research indicates that many African economies are …