Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1
The Kenya COVID-19 pandemic has translated into critical socioeconomic impacts on Kenya’s population, which must be understood to inform timely policy responses. School closures, restrictions on movement, bans on social gatherings, and limitations...
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okr-10986-351732021-09-21T13:51:13Z Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 World Bank CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY LIVELIHOODS EMPLOYMENT INCOME LOSS COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY HUMAN CAPITAL EDUCATION HEALTH SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING The Kenya COVID-19 pandemic has translated into critical socioeconomic impacts on Kenya’s population, which must be understood to inform timely policy responses. School closures, restrictions on movement, bans on social gatherings, and limitations on economic activities have hit Kenya’s socioeconomic life, creating negative consequences, such as income losses and increased food insecurity, which has been exacerbated by a locust invasion. It is crucial to understand the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and identify the most critically affected populations. Such an understanding can enable evidence-based policies and programmatic responses. However, lack of updated socioeconomic data hinders efforts to efficiently allocate resources, for example, to roll out social assistance programs. Thus, timely and frequent socioeconomic data are needed to develop evidence-based measures and help alleviate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 Rapid Response Phone Survey (RRPS) aims to fill socioeconomic data gaps while providing initial evidence to inform targeted policy and programmatic responses. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, face to-face surveys are no longer feasible due to the risk of infection, as well as mobility restrictions. In contrast, phone surveys are highly suited for rapid and frequent data collection. To assess the impacts of COVID-19 and help inform policy responses in Kenya, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, are implementing RRPSs for: (i) Kenyan and refugee households, (ii) microenterprises run by young entrepreneurs, and (iii) formal enterprises. This note presents the findings and makes policy recommendations for the first of three data collection rounds of the RRPS for Kenyan households, while providing preliminary findings on the RRPS for refugee households and microenterprises. 2021-02-23T20:50:34Z 2021-02-23T20:50:34Z 2021-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/567281613629155274/Socioeconomic-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Kenya-on-Households-Rapid-Response-Phone-Survey-Round-One http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35173 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Kenya |
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CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY LIVELIHOODS EMPLOYMENT INCOME LOSS COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY HUMAN CAPITAL EDUCATION HEALTH SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING |
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The Kenya COVID-19 pandemic has
translated into critical socioeconomic impacts on Kenya’s
population, which must be understood to inform timely policy
responses. School closures, restrictions on movement, bans
on social gatherings, and limitations on economic activities
have hit Kenya’s socioeconomic life, creating negative
consequences, such as income losses and increased food
insecurity, which has been exacerbated by a locust invasion.
It is crucial to understand the socioeconomic effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic and identify the most critically affected
populations. Such an understanding can enable evidence-based
policies and programmatic responses. However, lack of
updated socioeconomic data hinders efforts to efficiently
allocate resources, for example, to roll out social
assistance programs. Thus, timely and frequent socioeconomic
data are needed to develop evidence-based measures and help
alleviate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19
Rapid Response Phone Survey (RRPS) aims to fill
socioeconomic data gaps while providing initial evidence to
inform targeted policy and programmatic responses. In the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic, face to-face surveys are
no longer feasible due to the risk of infection, as well as
mobility restrictions. In contrast, phone surveys are highly
suited for rapid and frequent data collection. To assess the
impacts of COVID-19 and help inform policy responses in
Kenya, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Kenya
National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and researchers from
the University of California, Berkeley, are implementing
RRPSs for: (i) Kenyan and refugee households, (ii)
microenterprises run by young entrepreneurs, and (iii)
formal enterprises. This note presents the findings and
makes policy recommendations for the first of three data
collection rounds of the RRPS for Kenyan households, while
providing preliminary findings on the RRPS for refugee
households and microenterprises. |
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 |
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 |
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 |
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 |
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Households : Rapid Response Phone Survey, Round 1 |
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socioeconomic impacts of covid-19 in kenya on households : rapid response phone survey, round 1 |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/567281613629155274/Socioeconomic-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Kenya-on-Households-Rapid-Response-Phone-Survey-Round-One http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35173 |
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