Lives vs. Livelihoods Revisited: Should Poorer Countries with Younger Populations Have Equally Strict Lockdowns?

Type Blog Post Author Tillmann von Carnap Author Ingvild Almås Author Tessa Bold Author Selene Ghisolfi Author Justin Sandefur URL https://www.cgdev.org/blog/lives-vs-livelihoods-revisited-should-poorer-countries-younger-populations-have-equally-strict Date 20/10/2020 Website Type Blog Language en Abstract Governments around the world have taken drastic measures to control the spread of coronavirus. Public debate has understandably focused on the differences across countries; however, there has been surprising uniformity in the severity of lockdowns and other containment measures between rich and poor countries. This fairly homogenous lockdown strategy has spanned much of South Asia and Latin America, which have been ravaged by the pandemic, and many countries in Africa, which appear to have contained it quite effectively. Blog Title Center For Global Development Short Title Lives vs. Livelihoods Revisited