Rural-urban inequalities amplified by COVID-19: evidence from South Africa

Like most governments around the world, the South African government adopted a uniform, place-blind response to the coronavirus pandemic, including a hard lockdown. New evidence from a large household survey reveals that the socioeconomic effects have widened pre-existing inequalities between cities...

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Published in:Area development and policy Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 50 - 62
Main Authors: Visagie, Justin, Turok, Ivan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 02.01.2021
Subjects:
COVID-19
desigualdades espaciales
pobreza y vulnerabilidad rurales
resiliencia urbana
rural poverty and vulnerability
spatial inequalities
urban resilience
пространственное неравенство
сельская бедность и уязвимость
устойчивость городов
农村贫穷和脆弱
城市复原力
新冠肺炎
空间不平等
ISSN:2379-2949, 2379-2957
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Summary:Like most governments around the world, the South African government adopted a uniform, place-blind response to the coronavirus pandemic, including a hard lockdown. New evidence from a large household survey reveals that the socioeconomic effects have widened pre-existing inequalities between cities and rural areas. More could be done to complement national relief programmes with targeted efforts to boost jobs and livelihoods in the most vulnerable areas. In addition, the premature withdrawal of relief measures before the economy has recovered would aggravate the hardship in poorer communities that have come to rely on these resources following the jobs slump.
ISSN:2379-2949
2379-2957
DOI:10.1080/23792949.2020.1851143