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Covid-19, lockdowns, and africa’s informal sector: Lessons from ghana

  • Elvis K. Avenyo
  • , John Nana Francois
  • , Tatenda P. Zinyemba

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Abstract

Using unique survey data on informal enterprises, we draw inferences about the potential effects of COVID-19 on informal enterprises in Ghana, beyond the anecdotes which currently dominate the discourse. We draw important lessons on how the lockdown may affect the performance of female- and male-owned informal enterprises in two urban areas of Ghana; Accra and Tema. The following results emerge from the multivariate
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationMaastricht
PublisherUNU-MERIT
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jun 2020

Publication series

SeriesUNU-MERIT Working Papers
Number028
ISSN1871-9872

JEL classifications

  • d72 - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
  • j16 - "Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination"
  • o55 - Economywide Country Studies: Africa
  • p16 - Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
  • r12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Pandemic
  • Gender
  • Informal enterprises
  • Business performance
  • Urban areas
  • sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ghana

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