Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh

The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multi dimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal occupations, has been widespread, effective policy response has required real-time, researched data disaggregated f...

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Main Authors:	Rahman, Hossain Zillur, Rahman, Atiya, Islam, Md. Saiful, Faruk, Avinno, Matin, Imran, Wazed, Mohammad Abdul, Zillur, Umama
Format:	Working Paper
Jezik:	English
Izdano:	United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research 2024
Teme:	COVID-19 Livelihoods Informal Urban Resilience Poverty Bangladesh
Online dostop:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23769

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spelling	10361-237692024-08-14T21:01:11Z Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh Rahman, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Atiya Islam, Md. Saiful Faruk, Avinno Matin, Imran Wazed, Mohammad Abdul Zillur, Umama COVID-19 Livelihoods Informal Urban Resilience Poverty Bangladesh The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multi dimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal occupations, has been widespread, effective policy response has required real-time, researched data disaggregated for urban and rural populations and for various categories of the poor. The Power and Participation Research Centre and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development’s four round panel survey during 2020–21 provides unique insights into how COVID-19 impacted specific categories of the poor and vulnerable in Bangladesh, their coping strategies, and the extent to which policy support materialized. While the poor as a whole demonstrated their agency in the face of the crisis, their resilience has been as much about deepening vulnerability as about recovery, representing an unfair burden of distress resilience. Informal workers, women, and the urban poor have been disproportionately impacted. 2024-08-14T05:46:14Z 2024-08-14T05:46:14Z 2022-02 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23769 en application/pdf United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 Livelihoods Informal Urban Resilience Poverty Bangladesh Rahman, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Atiya Islam, Md. Saiful Faruk, Avinno Matin, Imran Wazed, Mohammad Abdul Zillur, Umama Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
description	The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multi dimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal occupations, has been widespread, effective policy response has required real-time, researched data disaggregated for urban and rural populations and for various categories of the poor. The Power and Participation Research Centre and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development’s four round panel survey during 2020–21 provides unique insights into how COVID-19 impacted specific categories of the poor and vulnerable in Bangladesh, their coping strategies, and the extent to which policy support materialized. While the poor as a whole demonstrated their agency in the face of the crisis, their resilience has been as much about deepening vulnerability as about recovery, representing an unfair burden of distress resilience. Informal workers, women, and the urban poor have been disproportionately impacted.
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author	Rahman, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Atiya Islam, Md. Saiful Faruk, Avinno Matin, Imran Wazed, Mohammad Abdul Zillur, Umama
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title	Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
title_short	Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
title_full	Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
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publisher	United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
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Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh

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