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The primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population. However, there is growing unease that blindly replicating these policies might inflict irreparable damage to poor households and foment social unrest in...
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creating an economic shock that would lead to distributional conflicts and government repression. Compared to before the … government reactions rather than the pandemic itself. Pre-pandemic fragility accounts best for the region's rise in violence …
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sub-Saharan African markets, whereas government assistance in the form of economic stimulus packages had no significant … study concludes that during the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks reacted more to government actions than the occurrence of the …
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COVID-19 cases were first confirmed in March 2020 in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. These countries put in place several stringent measures, including lockdowns, to contain the spread of the virus. Various policies were also rolled out to address the disruption in economic activities, to...
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