To respond effectively to crises, policy
makers need reliable, timely evidence on its negative
effects and transmission channels. Despite limitations
compared to face-to-face...
Type: BriefReport#: 151254Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Kastelic,Kristen Himelein ;
Pape,Utz Johann
Policy makers hesitate to increase
tobacco taxes over concerns about taxes being regressive and
potentially increasing poverty and inequality. This note
summarizes a...
Type: BriefReport#: 151248Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Gonzalez Icaza, María Fernanda
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
continues to preoccupy the population in Latin America and
Caribbean (LAC), as do the pandemic’s economic
ramifications. The willingness...
Type: BriefReport#: 160117Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Ballon Fernandez,Paola Marcela ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Rivadeneira Alava,Ana Mercedes ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa
Since its inception in 2014, the
Institute of Natural Medicine and Complementary Therapies
(IMNTC) has set up a strategy for providing, promoting, and
developing traditional...
Type: BriefReport#: 156182Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Mendoza,Maria Jose ;
Aviles,Maritza Ruiz ;
Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena ;
Colchao,Maria E. ;
Herrera Gonzalez,Emilce Del Socorro ;
Rodriguez,Evelyn
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that Covid-19 awareness is widespread in Mali. People
have stopped working and households have experienced
reductions in income...
Lao PDR was the last country in
Southeast Asia to report its first confirmed case of
COVID-19. The first case was confirmed on 24 March 2020. By
July 2020, 22 cases...
This brief presents findings on
consumption, coping and basic needs from the Cox’s Bazar
Panel Baseline Survey (CBPS) conducted between March –
August, 2019 in combination...
Different studies use different
approaches to forecast how many people will fall into
poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19),
with largely different...
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