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I am delighted to see the first output of this amazing project available online! The study has been developed with @SaspriSA and @Uni_of_Essex, but I would like to highlight the collaboration with Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia local partners

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https://twitter.com/UNUWIDER/status/1444928206948143105

The #PressRelease shares key findings, but also check our blog to read about the process of collecting information about the lockdown measures and COVID-19 response policies and the #data challenges 👇
wider.unu.edu/publication/wo… which you can see in detail at Appendix D 2/n

The study has comparative results but also country-specific results. The country-specific results are also available for each country in the new policy briefs. Find the #WorkingPaper and all the briefs at wider.unu.edu/publication/mi…
As example, MZ PB: wider.unu.edu/publication/ro… 3/n

Results 1/2: our analysis shows modest increases in headcount poverty rates and inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the early stage of the pandemic analyzed. 5/n

Results 2/2: We find very limited stabilizing power of tax-benefit policies overall and automatic stabilizers in particular. This illustrates gaps in coverage for the large informal sector and a general lack of income-related means-tested benefits. 6/n

This study is part of the @UNUWIDER #SOUTHMOD project: wider.unu.edu/project/southm… . And part of our work on domestic revenue mobilization financed by @norad wider.unu.edu/about/domestic… 7/n

It also relates to the EUROMOD: microsimulation.ac.uk. Many papers have been used to simulate the impact of COVID-19 and the role of tax-and-benefit programs. For example, Cantó et al (2021) study 4 European countries onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ro… 8/n

I hope you enjoy the reading! Please reach to me or to the corresponding author of the paper @JesseLastunen if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions. n/n

And as you can see, I just jumped the 4/n. Therefore, I am asking the @threadreaderapp to unroll and organize everything!

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