COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020

By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained below pre-COVID-19 employment levels. To track...

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spelling okr-10986-361622021-08-19T05:10:42Z COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020 World Bank CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SLUMS POVERTY LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION URBAN POVERTY FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION INCOME LOSS By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained below pre-COVID-19 employment levels. To track the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets and household coping strategies, a rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of households living in poor and slum areas of Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations (CCs). This brief, the third in the series, summarizes results from the first and second rounds of the rapid phone survey, conducted from June 10 to July 10, 2020, and from September 2 to October 11, 2020. Ninety-four percent of respondents interviewed in the first survey round were reached in the second round. This brief focuses on how the labor market situation evolved between the two rounds. 2021-08-18T15:08:48Z 2021-08-18T15:08:48Z 2021 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/665381628756401396/Bangladesh-Labor-Market-Situation-as-of-Second-Round http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36162 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
SLUMS
POVERTY
LABOR MARKET
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
URBAN POVERTY
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
INCOME LOSS
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
SLUMS
POVERTY
LABOR MARKET
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
URBAN POVERTY
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
INCOME LOSS
World Bank
COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
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description By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained below pre-COVID-19 employment levels. To track the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets and household coping strategies, a rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of households living in poor and slum areas of Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations (CCs). This brief, the third in the series, summarizes results from the first and second rounds of the rapid phone survey, conducted from June 10 to July 10, 2020, and from September 2 to October 11, 2020. Ninety-four percent of respondents interviewed in the first survey round were reached in the second round. This brief focuses on how the labor market situation evolved between the two rounds.
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title COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
title_short COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
title_full COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
title_fullStr COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Round 2, September 2 - October 11, 2020
title_sort covid-19 monitoring survey in poor and slum areas of dhaka and chittagong : bangladesh labor market situation as of round 2, september 2 - october 11, 2020
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/665381628756401396/Bangladesh-Labor-Market-Situation-as-of-Second-Round
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