Impact of Safety Nets on Household Coping Mechanisms for COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Covid-19 pandemic induced various shocks to households in Malawi, many of which were failing to cope. Household coping mechanisms to shocks have an implication on household poverty status and that of a nation as a whole. In order to assist households to respond to the pandemic-induced shocks positively, the government of Malawi, with support from non-governmental organizations introduced Covid-19 Urban Cash Intervention (CUCI) and other safety nets to complement the existing social protection programs in cushioning the impact of the shocks during the pandemic. With these programmes in place, there is a need for evidence regarding how the safety nets are affecting coping. Therefore, this paper investigated the impact that safety nets during Covid-19 pandemic had on the fo

SUBMITTER: Mnyanga M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8858801 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature