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COVID-19 and Global Poverty and Food Security

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  • Rob Vos

    (Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division (MTID), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA)

  • John McDermott

    (CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA)

  • Johan Swinnen

    (Director General Office (DGO), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA)

Abstract

The impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on food systems, poverty, and nutrition have been caused by generalized economic recession and disruptions in agrifood supply chains. This article reviews a growing empirical literature assessing those impacts. The review confirms that income shocks and supply disruptions have affected food security and livelihoods more where supply chains were poorly integrated and poverty where market informality had a greater presence before COVID-19. Yet, as the pandemic persists, outcomes remain uncertain and reliable data are still sparsely available. This review also reveals how methodological approaches have evolved during the pandemic, ranging from model-based scenario analyses, telephone survey evidence, case-study analyses, and data collection on policy responses and their effects. This review concludes that while we have good insight into the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on food security, there is still much that we do not know, requiring much more rigorous hypothesis testing based on reliable and observed data.

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  • Rob Vos & John McDermott & Johan Swinnen, 2022. "COVID-19 and Global Poverty and Food Security," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 14(1), pages 151-168, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:14:y:2022:p:151-168
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-111920-013613
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; dietary change; economywide models; food security; food value chains; survey data and methods;
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    JEL classification:

    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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