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Les effets de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance en Afrique
 

Éthiopie
Kenya
Nigéria
Sénégal
Afrique du Sud
Zambie
Numéro de projet
109528
Financement total
1,224,600.00 $ CA
Administrateur·trice du CRDI
Paul Okwi
État du projet
Actif
Durée
24 mois

Programmes et partenariats

Gouvernance et justice

Organisation(s) principale(s)

Chargé·e de projet:
Dominique Njinkeu
United States

Sommaire

Ce projet entreprendra des recherches sur les effets de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance des populations vulnérables en Éthiopie, au Kenya, au Nigeria, au Sénégal, en Afrique du Sud et en Zambie.En savoir plus

Ce projet entreprendra des recherches sur les effets de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance des populations vulnérables en Éthiopie, au Kenya, au Nigeria, au Sénégal, en Afrique du Sud et en Zambie. L’objectif est d’étayer la prise de décision fondée sur des données probantes dans les réponses politiques à la pandémie de COVID-19 dans ces pays.

Le projet évaluera l’effet de la pandémie sur les principaux indicateurs macroéconomiques et sur des questions telles que la sécurité alimentaire, la malnutrition et la faim. Il examinera également les répercussions socioéconomiques sexospécifiques. Le projet vise à renforcer les capacités des chercheurs et des institutions à apporter des changements politiques durables et à long terme qui s’attaquent aux causes profondes des effets inégaux de la pandémie, notamment l’inégalité entre les sexes. Il vise également à créer un réseau de parties prenantes (personnes et institutions politiques, de recherche et de mise en pratique) qui peuvent continuer à suivre les effets de la pandémie et à concevoir et préconiser des solutions pratiques dans l’ère post-COVID.

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Langue:

Anglais

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This study investigated the coping mechanisms that were adopted by girls and women to mitigate the impacts of income loss due to COVID-19 pandemic. Many households from the Kibra, Mathare, Obunga and Nyawita informal settlements lost employment and incomes during the pandemic leading to increased food insecurity. Girls and women bore a disproportionate share of the burden of employment and income loss and could not access basic necessities including food and house rent, suffered increased sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and experienced increase in conflicts within households. To mitigate the impacts of income loss, households reduced food intake or skipped meals, made use of social support systems, begged from well-wishers. Use of risky and negative coping mechanisms including early and forced marriage, as well as transactional sex increased among adolescent girls, and young and older women. The study recommends design and implementation of business and non-business development services to engage women entrepreneurs in more stable income generating activities for enhanced post COVID-19 recovery. Early response of the government and other institutions to cushion vulnerable households during crises can significantly avert negative coping mechanisms and mitigate rising and compounded vulnerabilities and inequalities faced by girls and women.

Auteure(s) et auteur(s)
Onono, Perez A.
Article
Langue:

Anglais

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has revolutionised our lives, bringing with it the twin crises of illness and the need for an optimal mix of policies to alleviate its impact on the population. There needs to be more evidence on the effects of the pandemic on livelihood outcomes, including an understanding of whether female-headed families in low-income countries fare worse than their male-headed counterparts during pandemics. Using high-frequency phone surveys conducted in Ethiopia and Kenya, we examine the aggregate impact of the pandemic on income and consumption losses, as well as food insecurity. The empirical analysis estimates linear probability models that relate livelihood outcomes with household headship and other socioeconomic characteristics as controls. Overall, the pandemic increased the likelihood of food insecurity while decreasing income and consumption, particularly among female-headed households. In Kenya, living in a female-headed home increased the possibility of an adult going without food by about 10%, an adult skipping a meal by about 9.9%, and a child missing a meal by about 17% in the seven days preceding the telephone survey. In Ethiopia, living in a female-headed household increased the likelihood of an adult going hungry, skipping a meal, and running out of food by about 24.35%, 18.9%, and 26.7%, respectively. Salient pre-existing socioeconomic inequalities further exacerbated the effects of the pandemic on livelihoods. The findings have important implications for public policy and preparations by governments and other organisations interested in developing suitable gender-sensitive measures to lessen the impact of future pandemics in low- and middle-income countries.

Auteure(s) et auteur(s)
Makate, Marshall
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