Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
This note discusses the impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and lockdowns on Nepal’s domestic labor market, using data from the 2017-2018 Nepal Labor Force Survey (NLFS) and the 2018 National Economic Census (NEC). Income relief measures targeted fo...
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okr-10986-346812021-05-25T09:58:53Z Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis Uematsu, Hiroki Katwa, Saurav Maharjan, Liza CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE POVERTY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE LABOR MARKET DISPLACED WORKER LOCKDOWN LABOR FORCE SURVEY REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER This note discusses the impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and lockdowns on Nepal’s domestic labor market, using data from the 2017-2018 Nepal Labor Force Survey (NLFS) and the 2018 National Economic Census (NEC). Income relief measures targeted for formal sector firms widely practiced in advanced economies will have limited impacts on saving livelihoods of displaced workers in Nepal. Policy responses should focus on expanding the coverage of social assistance programs or other temporary measures to those who are underserved by the existing programs. These policy interventions need to be accompanied by long-term efforts to set up near real-time monitoring of labor market conditions and establish and maintain core registries of people and businesses so that the government can monitor labor market conditions and deliver relief measures when and where necessary. 2020-10-28T15:37:58Z 2020-10-28T15:37:58Z 2020-10 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239271602749060402/Serving-the-Underserved-Providing-Relief-to-the-Displaced-Workers-in-Nepal-During-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34681 English COVID-19 Policy Response Note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note South Asia Nepal |
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CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE POVERTY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE LABOR MARKET DISPLACED WORKER LOCKDOWN LABOR FORCE SURVEY REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER Uematsu, Hiroki Katwa, Saurav Maharjan, Liza Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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This note discusses the impacts of
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and lockdowns on Nepal’s domestic
labor market, using data from the 2017-2018 Nepal Labor
Force Survey (NLFS) and the 2018 National Economic Census
(NEC). Income relief measures targeted for formal sector
firms widely practiced in advanced economies will have
limited impacts on saving livelihoods of displaced workers
in Nepal. Policy responses should focus on expanding the
coverage of social assistance programs or other temporary
measures to those who are underserved by the existing
programs. These policy interventions need to be accompanied
by long-term efforts to set up near real-time monitoring of
labor market conditions and establish and maintain core
registries of people and businesses so that the government
can monitor labor market conditions and deliver relief
measures when and where necessary. |
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Policy Note |
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Uematsu, Hiroki Katwa, Saurav Maharjan, Liza |
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Uematsu, Hiroki Katwa, Saurav Maharjan, Liza |
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Uematsu, Hiroki |
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Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis |
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serving the underserved : providing relief to the displaced workers in nepal during the covid-19 crisis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239271602749060402/Serving-the-Underserved-Providing-Relief-to-the-Displaced-Workers-in-Nepal-During-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34681 |
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