The impact of Covid‐19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique

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ID21594255
AuthorsGiulia Barletta (Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark), Finório Castigo (National Directorate of Economic Policies and Development Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) Maputo Mozambique), E M Egger (0000-0002-0632-495X, United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU‐WIDER) Helsinki Finland), Michael Keller (0000-0002-2886-0964, Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark), Vincenzo Salvucci (0000-0003-2638-1596, Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark, corresponding author), Finn Tarp (0000-0002-6247-4370, Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark)
Year2022
Volume34
Issue4
Pages771-802
Publication date2022-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3599
PMID35465455
OpenAlexW4210682293
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited21

This study assesses the impact of COVID‐19 on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty, we rely on existing estimated macroeconomic impacts. We assume two main impact channels: direct income/wage and employment losses. Our simulations suggest that consumption decreased by 7.1%–14.4% and that poverty increased by 4.3–9.9 percentage points in 2020. This points to a reversal of the positive poverty reduction trend observed in previous years. Poverty most certainly increased in the pre‐COVID period due to other shocks, so Mozambique finds itself in a deepening struggle against poverty

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Biology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Poverty · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Medicine · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Virology

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