COVID-19 induced economic loss and ensuring food security for vulnerable groups: Policy implications from Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: At present nearly half of the world's population is under some form of government restriction to curb the spread of COVID-19, an extremely contagious disease. In Bangladesh, in the wake of five deaths and 48 infections from COVID-19, between March 24 and May 30, 2020, the government imposed a nationwide lockdown. While this lockdown restricted the spread of COVID-19, in the absence of effective support, it can generate severe food and nutrition insecurity for daily wage-based workers. Of the 61 million employed labor force in Bangladesh, nearly 35% of them are paid on a daily basis. This study examines the food security and welfare impacts of the COVID-19 induced lockdown on daily wage workers both in the farm and nonfarm sectors in Bangladesh. Using information from more than 50,000 respo

SUBMITTER: Mottaleb KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567397 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature