19 March 2020
- RSIS
- Publication
- External Publications
- The Burden of COVID-19: Urgent Need for Social Safety Nets
The Burden of COVID-19: Urgent Need for Social Safety Nets
Abstract
The lockdown policies to fight COVID-19 have caused massive economic disruptions, seriously affecting poorer income groups that live on a hand-to-mouth existence. Policies to keep countries safe from pandemics must come with clear and timely social safety net programmes to protect these vulnerable groups.
Abstract
The lockdown policies to fight COVID-19 have caused massive economic disruptions, seriously affecting poorer income groups that live on a hand-to-mouth existence. Policies to keep countries safe from pandemics must come with clear and timely social safety net programmes to protect these vulnerable groups.
