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A Rapid Review of Economic Policy and Social Protection Responses to Health and Economic Crises and their Effects on Children: Lessons for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response / Nyasha Tirivayi ... [and others]
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Tirivayi, Nyasha, author.
- Series:
- Innocenti working papers ; no.2020/02.
- Innocenti Working Papers ; no.2020/02
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public Health.
- Children and Youth.
- Local Subjects:
- Public Health.
- Children and Youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (54 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This rapid review seeks to inform the initial and long-term public policy responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, by assessing evidence on past economic policy and social protection responses to health and economic crises and their effects on children and families. The review focuses on virus outbreaks/emergencies, economic crises and natural disasters, which, like the COVID-19 pandemic, were 'rapid' in onset, had wide-ranging geographical reach, and resulted in disruption of social services and economic sectors, without affecting governance systems. Evidence is also drawn from the HIV/AIDS pandemic, due to its impacts on adult mortality rates and surviving children. The available evidence on the effects of economic policy and social protection responses is uneven across outcomes, regions, and type of policy response as a large body of literature focused on social assistance programmes. Future research on the COVID-19 pandemic can prioritize the voices of children and the marginalized, assess the effects of expansionary and austerity measures, examine the role of design and implementation, social care services, pre-existing macro-level health, demographic and health conditions and the diverse regional health and economic impacts of the pandemic. The paper also provides key lessons for public policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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