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Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period

author(s) Gabriel, Sherwin - van Seventer, Dirk - Arndt, Channing - Davies, Robert J. - Harris, Laurence - Robinson, Sherman - Wilf, Jenna
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  • Southern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Gabriel, Sherwin; van Seventer, Dirk; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Robert J.; Harris, Laurence; Robinson, Sherman; and Wilf, Jenna. 2022. Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 24, Pp. 138-141. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_24
Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period

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Abstract

Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios, recovery would have been precarious, but the spread of new virus variants has cast doubt on the hopes for rapid reopening and recovery, especially for low- and middle-income countries with low vaccination rates.

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