Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/225551 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2020-09
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
Pandemics and the reactions to pandemics increase the general problem of scarcity. Scarcity induced trade-offs are particularly relevant for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa as (1) the region suffers from numerous other diseases whose death toll may increase substantially due to lockdowns, (2) economic effects of lockdowns affect the region more negatively because citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited economic resources compared to more developed economies, and (3) weak institutions may increase the adverse societal impacts of the pandemic.
Subjects: 
General health
Economic effects
Institutions
Sustainability
JEL: 
I10
O10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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