COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Socio-Economic Analysis towards the Future Correspondence

Begum, Momotaj; Farid, Md. Shaikh; Alam, Mohammad Jahangir; Barua, Swarup

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i930417

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“…Moreover, additional unexpected costs were, sometimes involuntarily, compensated for by a significant reduction in education expenditure. Note that it is not clear if the reduction in education expenditure was due to costs-savings caused by government-imposed school closures [ 47 ] or if children of school age had to (temporarily) drop out of school to support the household, as other research has found [ 48 ], or both. In either case, the observed reduction in education expenditure is indicative of lower rates of children attending schools.…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data

Gatto

Islam

2021

PLoS ONE

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Rapid assessments have been emerging on the effects of COVID-19, yet rigorous analyses remain scant. Here, rigorous evidence of the impacts of COVID-19 on several livelihood outcomes are presented, with a particular focus on heterogenous effects of COVID-19. We use a household-level panel dataset consisting of 880 data points collected in rural Bangladesh in 2018 and 2020, and employ difference-in-differences with fixed effects regression techniques. Results suggest that COVID-19 had significant and heterogenous effects on livelihood outcomes. Agricultural production and share of production sold were reduced, especially for rice crops. Further, diet diversity and education expenditure were reduced for the total sample. Households primarily affected by (fear of) sickness had a significantly lower agricultural production, share of crop market sales, and lower health and education expenditure, compared to households affected by other COVID-19 effects, such as travel restrictions. In turn, (fear of) sickness and the correlated reduced incidence of leaving the house, resulted in higher off-farm incomes suggesting that households engage in less physically demanding and localized work. Policy-makers need to be cognizant of these heterogenous COVID-19 effects and formulate policies that are targeted at those households that are most vulnerable (e.g., unable/willing to leave the house due to (fear of) sickness).

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Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data

Gatto

Islam

2021

PLoS ONE

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“…Also, milk prices have drastically declined during COVID-19. Moreover, due to COVID, Bangladesh has lost about 67 million US dollars as a result of discarding fresh milk (Begum et al, 2020 ). Nepal has suffered 17 million US dollars in losses in dairy products (Poudel et al, 2020 ).…”

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Influence of COVID-19 on the sustainability of livestock performance and welfare on a global scale

Rahman

Islam

Shehata

et al. 2022

Trop Anim Health Prod

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is currently spreading worldwide. The pandemic has already had significant adverse effects on human civilization, the environment, and the ecosystem at national and global levels. Moreover, the various sectors of the food production chain, particularly agriculture and livestock, have also been significantly affected in terms of production sustainability and economic losses. The global pandemic has already resulted in a sharp drop in meat, milk, and egg production. Restrictions of movement at national and international levels, implemented as a part of control strategies by public health sectors, have negatively impacted business related to the supply of raw materials for livestock farmers and farm outputs, veterinary services, farmworkers, and animal welfare. This review highlights the significant impacts of COVID-19 on the sustainability of livestock performance, welfare on a global scale, and strategies for mitigating these adverse effects.

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“…But, the government may be unable to control circumstances. So, general public participation, political leader and supporters, industrials, business man, pharmaceutical companies, garment owners, medical practitioner and international supports are required on a quick basis to overcome smoothly [38], [41]- [43]. Therefore, we need to take necessary steps for maintaining knowledge and awareness practices for healthy life during lockdown in Bangladeshi community.…”

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Knowledge and public health practices during lockdown towards COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Akhtar

Ahmed

Jahan

et al. 2021

IJPHS

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The study aimed to assess the role of having knowledge and essential hygiene practices to prevent coronavirus pandemic and to find out the relationship between people’s knowledge and good hygiene practices with socio-demographic variables during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic situation. In this study, data were collected from 248 respondents for cross-sectional study using voluntary response sampling from April, 30 2020 to May, 30 2020, during lockdown situation in Bangladesh. Descriptive statistics were done to calculate the frequencies and percentages by using Stata SE 14.2 (StataCorp). Chi-square was performed at the significance level of 5% to find the factors which were associated with knowledge about COVID-19. After knowing about COVID-19, 86.29% respondents had taken preventive measures and 71.37% respondents had agreed to stay at home. Among the respondents, 47.98% were involved in services and were positively associated with good general knowledge of preventive practices. Our present findings indicated significant relationship between good general knowledge and practice of general people towards COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. The findings of the study are helpful for the researchers and the population to follow all good promotional practices for preventive measures against coronavirus.

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COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Socio-Economic Analysis towards the Future Correspondence

Cited by 25 publications

References 6 publications

Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data

Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data

Influence of COVID-19 on the sustainability of livestock performance and welfare on a global scale

Knowledge and public health practices during lockdown towards COVID-19 in Bangladesh

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