What will be the distributional impacts? Will developing countries and emerging markets be hit relatively harder by the long run economic consequences of coronavirus? Will women?
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
Related UKRI funded projects
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GCRF_NF154: Socio-economic and health impact of Covid-19 on international female migrants and their left-behind families in Indonesia
Rationale: There are about 1.3 million women from Indonesia working abroad, mainly in the Middle East and South East Asia, as maids and carers in private houses. They leave their families in Indonesia. Husbands who live ...
Funded by: GCRF
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to study the socio-economic and health impact of Covid-19 on international female migrants and their families in Indonesia, which directly addresses the question.