Webinar: Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis for Low-and Middle-Income Countries

COVID-19 has now reached low-income and middle-income countries. The public health response in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity (e.g. closing workplaces, banning gatherings, restricting travel) and others are considering imposing similar policies. Domestic measures, as well as similar measures adopted globally, are likely to have an immediate negative impact on household incomes, and might threaten the livelihoods of households who are already vulnerable economically. In response, governments are adopting emergency economic measures to provide households with some safety net.

CSAE Director Stefan Dercon chairs the panel with Clément Imbert (University of Warwick), François Gerard (Queen Mary University of London) and Kate Orkin (University of Oxford).