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Economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty

Promoting integrated community development with focus on social protection and migration to minimize the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Budapest, Hungary ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN 978-92-5-133586-4

Edition 1

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1966en

Synopsis (short abstract) The COVID-19 outbreak is having a severe socio-economic impact on countries across Europe and Central Asia. Economic activity, private consumption and investment have slumped, jeopardizing the livelihoods of many, particularly those in poor rural areas. Even before the pandemic, the low profitability and instability of agriculture-based employment, coupled with a more general lack of income-generating opportunities, had been prompting rural populations to adopt various coping strategies, from multiple informal jobs and child labour to domestic and cross-border migration.

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FAO. 2020. Economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty: Promoting integrated community development with a focus on social protection and migration to minimize the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Europe and Central Asia. Budapest.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1966en

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