Short-term evidence on wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.creatorAlderman, Harold
dc.creatorGilligan, Daniel O.
dc.creatorHidrobo, Melissa
dc.creatorLeight, Jessica
dc.creatorTaffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
dc.creatorTambet, Heleene
dc.date2020-07-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:00Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:40:00Z
dc.descriptionIn Ethiopia, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, the first known case of coronavirus arrived in mid-March (on March 13, 2020), weeks after the pandemic had spread rapidly in parts of Europe and the United States. The government swiftly imposed restrictions to slow the spread of the virus, closing schools (on March 16, 2020), limiting travel and encouraging people to remain at home. Such restrictions were needed to keep the pandemic from overwhelming a healthcare system with limited capacity to respond to an infectious disease outbreak. Only limited information is available about the effect of these restrictions on economic activity, food security and livelihoods in Ethiopia. A survey of residents of Addis Ababa conducted in May 2020 found that more than half of households reported lower-than-expected incomes and more than one third were extremely stressed about the situation. These results further showed that poorer households were more severely affected, although the food security situation in Addis, while declining, was not yet dire.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111083
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133748
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134901
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134858
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143065
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAlderman, Harold; Gilligan, Daniel; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; and Tambet, Heleene. 2020. Short-term evidence on wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic. SPIR Learning Brief 4. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133942.
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjecthousehold income
dc.subjectsocial welfare
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectsocial safety nets
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.titleShort-term evidence on wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeBrief

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