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Can the World's Poor Protect Themselves from the New Coronavirus? / Caitlin S. Brown, Martin Ravallion, Dominique van de Walle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Caitlin S.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w27200.
- NBER working paper series no. w27200
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.
- Summary:
- We propose an index of the adequacy of home environments for protection (HEP) from COVID-19, and we compare our index across developing countries using data for one million sampled households from the latest Demographic and Health Surveys. We find that prevailing WHO recommendations for protection posit unrealistic home environments. 90% of households have inadequate HEP by one or more dimensions considered. 40% do not have a formal health-care facility within 5km. A strong wealth effect is indicated within and between countries. Only 6% of the poorest 40% have an adequate HEP, and the proportion is virtually zero in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2020.
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