Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers

Ihsaan Bassier; Joshua Budlender; Rocco Zizzamia; Murray Leibbrandt; Vimal Ranchhod

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Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers

Ihsaan Bassier Joshua Budlender Rocco Zizzamia

Murray Leibbrandt Vimal Ranchhod

World Development Vol. 139 pp. 105271 · Elsevier BV

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Ihsaan Bassier, Joshua Budlender, Rocco Zizzamia, et al. (2021). Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers. World Development, 139, 105271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105271

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