The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa

This paper documents some of the first estimates of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on food security in a low- and middle-income country context. It combines nationally representative pre- pandemic household survey data with follow-up phone...

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Main Authors:	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Sanoh, Aly
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	FOOD SECURITY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IMPACT COVID-19 POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594491605102982608/The-Coronavirus-Pandemic-and-Food-Security-Evidence-from-West-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34775

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spelling	okr-10986-347752022-09-20T00:09:42Z The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Bloem, Jeffrey R. Sanoh, Aly FOOD SECURITY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IMPACT COVID-19 POVERTY This paper documents some of the first estimates of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on food security in a low- and middle-income country context. It combines nationally representative pre- pandemic household survey data with follow-up phone survey data from Mali and exploits sub- national variation in the intensity of pandemic-related disruptions between urban and rural areas. These disruptions stem from both government policies aiming to slow the spread of the virus and also individual behavior motivated by fear of contracting the virus. The paper finds evidence of increasing food insecurity in Mali associated with the pandemic. Difference-in-difference estimates show that moderate food insecurity increased by about 8 percentage points -- a 33 percent increase -- in urban areas compared with rural areas in Mali. The estimates are substantially larger than existing predictions of the average effect of the pandemic on food security globally and therefore highlights the critical importance of understanding effect heterogeneity. 2020-11-12T17:38:03Z 2020-11-12T17:38:03Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594491605102982608/The-Coronavirus-Pandemic-and-Food-Security-Evidence-from-West-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34775 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9474 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa West Africa Mali
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description	This paper documents some of the first estimates of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on food security in a low- and middle-income country context. It combines nationally representative pre- pandemic household survey data with follow-up phone survey data from Mali and exploits sub- national variation in the intensity of pandemic-related disruptions between urban and rural areas. These disruptions stem from both government policies aiming to slow the spread of the virus and also individual behavior motivated by fear of contracting the virus. The paper finds evidence of increasing food insecurity in Mali associated with the pandemic. Difference-in-difference estimates show that moderate food insecurity increased by about 8 percentage points -- a 33 percent increase -- in urban areas compared with rural areas in Mali. The estimates are substantially larger than existing predictions of the average effect of the pandemic on food security globally and therefore highlights the critical importance of understanding effect heterogeneity.
format	Working Paper
author	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Bloem, Jeffrey R. Sanoh, Aly
author_facet	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Bloem, Jeffrey R. Sanoh, Aly
author_sort	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
title	The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa
title_short	The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa
title_full	The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa
title_fullStr	The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa
title_full_unstemmed	The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa
title_sort	coronavirus pandemic and food security : evidence from west africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594491605102982608/The-Coronavirus-Pandemic-and-Food-Security-Evidence-from-West-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34775
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The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security : Evidence from West Africa

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