Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260348 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:9
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
How does violent conflict affect the spread of Covid-19? In this paper we analyze how violent conflict influences the adoption of preventative measures and infection rate in a very poor, conflict-affected country, Burkina Faso. We use a unique panel of 1,919 households surveyed during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and merge these data with indicators of violence at the municipality and regional level. Infection data are leveraged from 65 test centers across the country. We find a lower adoption rate of preventive measures, and a higher infection rate in areas affected by violence. We control for various socio-economic characteristics and discuss potential mechanisms. We argue that political interventions towards peace and stability also help to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Subjects: 
Violent conflict
Covid-19
Poverty
Burkina Faso
JEL: 
D74
D91
I12
I15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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