Publication: How Have Firms Fared in Times of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa?: Evidence from Eight Rounds of High-Frequency Phone Surveys
Date
2021-11-24
ISSN
Published
2021-11-24
Author(s)
Wieser, Christina
Abebe, Girum
Asfaw, Adamsu
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and its
negative economic effects create a need for timely data and
evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic impacts of the crisis. To monitor the impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures on
formal firms in Ethiopia and inform the policy response, the
World Bank, in collaboration with the government, is
implementing a high-frequency phone survey of firms
(HFPS-F). The HFPS-F interviews a sample of firms in Addis
Ababa every three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds.
This high-frequency follow-up allows for a better
understanding of the effects of and responses to the
COVID-19 pandemic on firm operations, hiring and firing, and
expectations of future operations and labor demand in order
to better tailor and implement interventions and policy
responses and monitor their effects
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Citation
“Wieser, Christina; Abebe, Girum; Asfaw, Adamsu. 2021. How Have Firms Fared in Times of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa?: Evidence from Eight Rounds of High-Frequency Phone Surveys. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36664 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”