Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare

Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare

While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare were significant. Border movement restri...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
EMPLOYMENT
MIGRANTS
REMITTANCES
AGRICULTURE
FOOD SECURITY
HEALTH
EDUCATION
DEBT
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594341603898784461/Current-Situation-and-Implications-for-Household-Welfare
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spelling okr-10986-346952021-05-25T10:54:41Z Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare World Bank CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT HOUSEHOLD WELFARE EMPLOYMENT MIGRANTS REMITTANCES AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY HEALTH EDUCATION DEBT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare were significant. Border movement restrictions starting in February and a complete lockdown between March and April forced non-essential businesses to cease operations and prevented people from traveling to work. Meanwhile, about 100,000 economic migrants returned from Thailand alone. As a result, in May 2020, about 54 percent of households’ main workers reported not working and about 16 percent of firms had temporarily closed. The easing of restrictions between May and August contributed to a partial rebound of the economy, which is still suffering from the impact of reduced global demand, border trade disruptions, and potential changes in consumer behaviors. 2020-10-29T15:55:35Z 2020-10-29T15:55:35Z 2020-10-21 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594341603898784461/Current-Situation-and-Implications-for-Household-Welfare http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34695 English Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
EMPLOYMENT
MIGRANTS
REMITTANCES
AGRICULTURE
FOOD SECURITY
HEALTH
EDUCATION
DEBT
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
EMPLOYMENT
MIGRANTS
REMITTANCES
AGRICULTURE
FOOD SECURITY
HEALTH
EDUCATION
DEBT
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
World Bank
Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Myanmar
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description While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare were significant. Border movement restrictions starting in February and a complete lockdown between March and April forced non-essential businesses to cease operations and prevented people from traveling to work. Meanwhile, about 100,000 economic migrants returned from Thailand alone. As a result, in May 2020, about 54 percent of households’ main workers reported not working and about 16 percent of firms had temporarily closed. The easing of restrictions between May and August contributed to a partial rebound of the economy, which is still suffering from the impact of reduced global demand, border trade disruptions, and potential changes in consumer behaviors.
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title Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
title_short Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
title_full Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
title_fullStr Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
title_full_unstemmed Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare
title_sort current situation and implications for household welfare
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594341603898784461/Current-Situation-and-Implications-for-Household-Welfare
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34695
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