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The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique

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  • Giulia Barletta
  • Finório Castigo
  • Eva-Maria Egger
  • Michael Keller
  • Vincenzo Salvucci
  • Finn Tarp

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This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty and inequality, we rely on macroeconomic impacts estimated by Betho et al. using a social accounting multiplier model. We assume two main impact channels are at work leading to higher consumption poverty: direct income/wage and employment losses. To estimate the direct income/wage losses, we use the information from Betho et al.

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  • Giulia Barletta & Finório Castigo & Eva-Maria Egger & Michael Keller & Vincenzo Salvucci & Finn Tarp, 2021. "The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-94, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Rosario Betho & Marcia Chelengo & Sam Jones & Michael Keller & Ibraimo Hassane Mussagy & Dirk van Seventer & Finn Tarp, 2022. "The macroeconomic impact of COVID‐19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(4), pages 823-860, May.

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