The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC

The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC

COVID-19 closures in Latin American and the Caribbean countries helped to curb the spread of the virus, but inevitably brought negative consequences for households, principally in the form of job losses, income reduction, and, in some cases, food i...

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Main Authors: Ballon, Paola, Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina, Olivieri, Sergio, Lara Ibarra, Gabriel, Romero, Javier
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
INCOME LOSS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
LOCKDOWN
CLOSURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
FOOD SECURITY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191941621236303434/Lives-or-Livelihoods-The-Costs-of-Staying-Healthy-COVID-19-in-LAC
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spelling okr-10986-356232021-09-08T05:10:43Z The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC Ballon, Paola Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina Olivieri, Sergio Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Romero, Javier CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES INCOME LOSS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY LOCKDOWN CLOSURE PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD SECURITY SOCIAL SAFETY NET COVID-19 closures in Latin American and the Caribbean countries helped to curb the spread of the virus, but inevitably brought negative consequences for households, principally in the form of job losses, income reduction, and, in some cases, food insecurity. Future policy measures should aim to strike the right balance between saving lives and protecting livelihoods. Where closures are necessary, they should be adapted to a country's labor market and other localized conditions so as to minimize profound welfare losses. Governments should strive for robust and agile social safety net systems to be able to respond to the sudden falls in household welfare. 2021-05-21T21:41:36Z 2021-05-21T21:41:36Z 2021-04 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191941621236303434/Lives-or-Livelihoods-The-Costs-of-Staying-Healthy-COVID-19-in-LAC http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35623 English Lives or Livelihoods?;Policy Note No. 1 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 Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
INCOME LOSS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
LOCKDOWN
CLOSURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
FOOD SECURITY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
INCOME LOSS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
LOCKDOWN
CLOSURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
FOOD SECURITY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
Ballon, Paola
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina
Olivieri, Sergio
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Romero, Javier
The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Caribbean
Latin America
relation Lives or Livelihoods?;Policy Note No. 1
description COVID-19 closures in Latin American and the Caribbean countries helped to curb the spread of the virus, but inevitably brought negative consequences for households, principally in the form of job losses, income reduction, and, in some cases, food insecurity. Future policy measures should aim to strike the right balance between saving lives and protecting livelihoods. Where closures are necessary, they should be adapted to a country's labor market and other localized conditions so as to minimize profound welfare losses. Governments should strive for robust and agile social safety net systems to be able to respond to the sudden falls in household welfare.
format Policy Note
author Ballon, Paola
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina
Olivieri, Sergio
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Romero, Javier
author_facet Ballon, Paola
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina
Olivieri, Sergio
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
Romero, Javier
author_sort Ballon, Paola
title The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
title_short The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
title_full The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
title_fullStr The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
title_full_unstemmed The Costs of Staying Healthy : COVID-19 in LAC
title_sort costs of staying healthy : covid-19 in lac
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191941621236303434/Lives-or-Livelihoods-The-Costs-of-Staying-Healthy-COVID-19-in-LAC
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35623
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