two alternatives for mitigating them: an unconditional cash transfer scheme for households living in poverty, and the … of poverty. …

What has the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic been on poverty in Zambia, and how can social protection programs mitigate … these effects? This paper estimates the pre-pandemic poverty level in Zambia and then simulates the distributional impact of …, on poverty levels. In the absence of recent nationally representative household survey data, this is done by updating the …

of household well-being such as poverty, food security and costly risk-coping behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic … impacts in line with the primary goals of social safety nets and prevent households from falling deeper into poverty by …