COVID-19 income and price shocks effect on household food access in Malawi
研究了COVID-19大流行前两波期间收入和食品价格冲击对马拉维家庭食物获取的影响,发现收入减少对食物安全感知有持续影响,支持实施营养敏感的社会保护项目。
Abstract The paper contributes to the scarce literature on the negative effect of coronavirus 2019-induced income and food price shocks on household economic access to food, focusing on Malawi during the first two pandemic waves and using a country representative sample. We find that household income reduction, as explained by income source shocks and health mitigation measures, has a wave-specific and persistent effect on ordinal categories of food security perception. Our evidence supports the implementation and monthly scaling-up of nutrition-sensitive social protection programmes and health measures at the household level to address these adverse effects.