The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor: Insights from the Hrishipara diaries

Risto Rönkkö, Stuart Rutherford and Kunal Sen

No wp-2021-46, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an unusually rich data set from a 'financial diaries' study known as the Hrishipara Daily Diaries Project. The data set tracks the economic and financial transactions of 60 individuals and their families in a semi-rural setting in Bangladesh on a real-time basis from October 2019 to September 2020. We document individual diarists' behavioural responses to COVID-19, which reveal the varied experiences of the poor during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Lockdown; Livelihoods; Bangladesh; Pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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