How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Livelihoods in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5
Understanding the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is important to inform policy responses. The arrival of COVID-19 disrupted lives across all countries and communities, creating unprecedented challenges. As of August 2021, there have...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/575161637041478617/How-COVID-19-Continues-to-Affect-Livelihoods-in-Kenya-Rapid-Response-Phone-Survey-Rounds-1-to-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36650 |
| Summary: | Understanding the socioeconomic
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is important to inform
policy responses. The arrival of COVID-19 disrupted lives
across all countries and communities, creating unprecedented
challenges. As of August 2021, there have been more than 200
million cases globally, with more than 4 million deaths.
Throughout the pandemic, governments have adopted measures
to curb the spread of the virus, which inadvertently
resulted in socioeconomic impacts. To shape and accelerate
the recovery, it is important to better understand the
implications of the pandemic and its associated
restrictions. The strict containment measures that were put
in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya had
negative socioeconomic impacts. With the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya in March 2020, a range of
containment measures were introduced by the Government of
Kenya (GoK). These included the promotion of social
distancing practices, restrictions on public gatherings,
night curfews, shutting down learning institutions, and
limits on public transport passenger capacities. Despite
this, the number of cases reached 200,000 in August 2021,
with more than 4,000 deaths. People were facing job losses,
rising food insecurity, and worsening health and education
outcomes. Understanding and quantifying the repercussions of
the pandemic, particularly on different sub-groups of the
population, can help to inform policies and improve targeting. |
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