Lives versus Livelihoods during the COVID-19 Pandemic : How Testing Softens the Trade-off

The early COVID-19 pandemic literature focused on the conflict between lives and livelihoods. But cross-country evidence reveals that across countries high mortality rates were often associated with large gross domestic product contractions. This p...

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Main Authors: Islamaj, Ergys, Le, Duong Trung, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/637661623359741565/Lives-versus-Livelihoods-during-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-How-Testing-Softens-the-Trade-off
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35766