The Consequences of COVID-19 on Livelihoods in Suriname: Evidence from a Telephone Survey

A nationally representative telephone survey on the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in Suriname was conducted during the month of August in 2020. This paper presents a summary of the main findings of that survey and a review of the pandemic as of mid-April 2021. We found that household income was affected through employment losses, business closures and reduction of remittances. With data from the 2016/17 Suriname Survey of Living Conditions (SSLC) an additional level of analysis found that, although the shock to household income was widespread, pre-existing inequalities across income and gender groups were exacerbated.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Maricruz Arteaga Garavito
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Financial Education, Unemployment Rate, Income Distribution, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Household Income, O54 - Latin America • Caribbean H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies E6 - Macroeconomic Policy Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance and General Outlook R2 - Household Analysis D6 - Welfare Economics A1 - General Economics, Suriname;Financial literacy;COVID-19;Unemployment;COVID-19;COVID-19;COVID-19;COVID-19,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003212 https://publications.iadb.org/en/consequences-covid-19-livelihoods-suriname-evidence-telephone-survey
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