Managing the Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis: Policy Options for Relief and Restructuring

This note discusses policy options for managing the employment impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis. The note pays attention to the labor market and institutional context of most low and middle-income countries, where informality is large and where existing institutions often lack mechanisms to effectively reach businesses and workers in the informal economy. 

Region
Resource Type
Resource Organization
World Bank
Year
2020
Organization