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Title: The burden of COVID-19 : urgent need for social safety nets
Authors: Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.
Caballero-Anthony, Mely
Keywords: Social sciences::Economic development
Issue Date: 2020
Source: Montesclaros, J. M. L. P., & Caballero-Anthony, M. (2020). The burden of COVID-19 : urgent need for social safety nets. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 043). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University.
Journal: RSIS Commentaries, 043-20 
Abstract: The lockdown policies to fight COVID-19 have caused massive economic disruptions, seriously affecting poorer income groups that live on a hand-to-mouth existence. Policies to keep countries safe from pandemics must come with clear and timely social safety net programmes to protect these vulnerable groups.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143004
Schools: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies 
Rights: Nanyang Technological University
Fulltext Permission: open
Fulltext Availability: With Fulltext
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