 The Informal Economy and the First 100 days of the Pandemic Policy in ZimbabweZvikomborero Chadambuka
A chapter in The First 100 Days of Covid-19, 2023, pp 373-397 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Due to a combination of neoliberal economic restructuring programs carried out during the 1990s and chronic economic challenges since the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe has a large informal economy. The COVID-19 pandemic and policy measures taken to combat the pandemic had particularly marked negative effects on people working in the informal economy. The Zimbabwean government largely used formal financial sector channels in distributing COVID-19 mitigation resources to the public. Such channels tended to exclude the informal economy. The COVID-19 policy response also reinforced a tendency to allocate public resources to politically-linked actors. There was direct discrimination against the informal economy through destruction of places of business used by those working in the informal economy and a COVID-19 regulatory framework that explicitly barred them from economic activity. More generally, some pandemic policy choices appeared to be motivated by the government’s desire to consolidate power rather than public health concerns. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-6325-4_13 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6325-4_13 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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