Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis

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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Main Authors: Uematsu, Hiroki, Katwa, Saurav, Maharjan, Liza
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
POVERTY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR MARKET
DISPLACED WORKER
LOCKDOWN
LABOR FORCE SURVEY
REMITTANCES
MIGRANT WORKER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239271602749060402/Serving-the-Underserved-Providing-Relief-to-the-Displaced-Workers-in-Nepal-During-the-COVID-19-Crisis
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spelling 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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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
POVERTY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR MARKET
DISPLACED WORKER
LOCKDOWN
LABOR FORCE SURVEY
REMITTANCES
MIGRANT WORKER
spellingShingle 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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description 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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author Uematsu, Hiroki
Katwa, Saurav
Maharjan, Liza
author_facet Uematsu, Hiroki
Katwa, Saurav
Maharjan, Liza
author_sort Uematsu, Hiroki
title Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
title_short Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
title_fullStr Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Serving the Underserved : Providing Relief to the Displaced Workers in Nepal During the COVID-19 Crisis
title_sort serving the underserved : providing relief to the displaced workers in nepal during the covid-19 crisis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239271602749060402/Serving-the-Underserved-Providing-Relief-to-the-Displaced-Workers-in-Nepal-During-the-COVID-19-Crisis
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