The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique

Giulia Barletta, Finório Castigo, Eva-Maria Egger, Michael Keller, Vincenzo Salvucci and Finn Tarp

No wp-2021-94, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty and inequality, we rely on macroeconomic impacts estimated by Betho et al. using a social accounting multiplier model. We assume two main impact channels are at work leading to higher consumption poverty: direct income/wage and employment losses. To estimate the direct income/wage losses, we use the information from Betho et al.

Keywords: COVID-19; Poverty; Inequality; Mozambique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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