Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the livelihoods of Kenyan households, even though employment and income levels are recovering. The second lockdown resulted in another surge in food insecurity. While acces...

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Main Authors:	Pape, Utz Johann, Delius, Antonia, Khandelwal, Ritika, Gupta, Rhea
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	COVID-19 VACCINATION ECONOMIC SHOCK UNEMPLOYMENT PANDEMIC IMPACT COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY SCHOOL REOPENING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/949721626096781344/Socioeconomic-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35961

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spelling	okr-10986-359612021-07-20T05:10:50Z Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya Pape, Utz Johann Delius, Antonia Khandelwal, Ritika Gupta, Rhea COVID-19 VACCINATION ECONOMIC SHOCK UNEMPLOYMENT PANDEMIC IMPACT COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY SCHOOL REOPENING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the livelihoods of Kenyan households, even though employment and income levels are recovering. The second lockdown resulted in another surge in food insecurity. While access to education worsened again due to renewed school closures, health services remained widely accessible to the population. Kenyans are well informed about the preventive measures to avoid COVID-19 infections, and compliance with hygiene measures against the virus increased again during the second lockdown. The majority of Kenyans will be willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, but many are concerned about potential side effects. One-half of the Kenyan population is anxious due to the fear of contracting COVID-19 and potential employment losses. This brief summarizes the key results of the Kenya COVID-19 rapid response phone survey (RRPS) tracking the socioeconomic impacts of the crisis from May 2020 to June 2021. 2021-07-19T20:45:18Z 2021-07-19T20:45:18Z 2021-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/949721626096781344/Socioeconomic-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35961 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Kenya
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topic	COVID-19 VACCINATION ECONOMIC SHOCK UNEMPLOYMENT PANDEMIC IMPACT COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY SCHOOL REOPENING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
spellingShingle	COVID-19 VACCINATION ECONOMIC SHOCK UNEMPLOYMENT PANDEMIC IMPACT COPING STRATEGY FOOD SECURITY SCHOOL REOPENING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY Pape, Utz Johann Delius, Antonia Khandelwal, Ritika Gupta, Rhea Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
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description	The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the livelihoods of Kenyan households, even though employment and income levels are recovering. The second lockdown resulted in another surge in food insecurity. While access to education worsened again due to renewed school closures, health services remained widely accessible to the population. Kenyans are well informed about the preventive measures to avoid COVID-19 infections, and compliance with hygiene measures against the virus increased again during the second lockdown. The majority of Kenyans will be willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, but many are concerned about potential side effects. One-half of the Kenyan population is anxious due to the fear of contracting COVID-19 and potential employment losses. This brief summarizes the key results of the Kenya COVID-19 rapid response phone survey (RRPS) tracking the socioeconomic impacts of the crisis from May 2020 to June 2021.
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author	Pape, Utz Johann Delius, Antonia Khandelwal, Ritika Gupta, Rhea
author_facet	Pape, Utz Johann Delius, Antonia Khandelwal, Ritika Gupta, Rhea
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title	Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
title_short	Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
title_full	Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
title_fullStr	Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
title_sort	socioeconomic impacts of covid-19 in kenya
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/949721626096781344/Socioeconomic-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35961
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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya

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