Publication: Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Firms in Ethiopia, Report No. 6: Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
Date
2020-09-07
ISSN
Published
2020-09-07
Author(s)
Bundervoet, Tom
Abebe, Girum
Wieser, Christina
Abstract
The Coronavirus (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 Coronavirus (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, and an additional sample of firms in four other
cities in Ethiopia (Adama, Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Mekelle)
for a total of seven rounds. This high-frequency follow-up
allows for a better understanding of the effects of and
responses to the Coronavirus (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
“Bundervoet, Tom; Abebe, Girum; Wieser, Christina. 2020. Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Firms in Ethiopia, Report No. 6: Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34460 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”