The Impact of COVID-19 on Families in Urban and Rural Haiti
- The household survey covered 511 households (n = 511) in July and August 2020.
- The pandemic intensified pre-existing vulnerability, with the poor, women and girls most affected.
- Economic effects were in many ways more devastating for rural households than for urban ones.
- Year-on-year remittance transfers increased in 2020, with transfers from the United States and Canada acting as a mitigating force.
- During the closure period linked to the peyi lòk protests of 2019, approximately 70% of schools were closed.
- Haiti recorded economic growth of 0.7% in 2019, compared with 1.5% in 2018.
The Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) conducted the study in July and August 2020 with a household survey of 511 respondents, focus groups, in-depth interviews, ethnographic observation, social mapping and central bank remittance data. The report finds that the pandemic arrived after political and economic crises and intensified existing vulnerability, with the poor, women and girls most affected. It reports that rural households suffered economic effects that were in many ways more devastating than those in urban areas, although public health risks may be higher in dense cities.
Remittances rose year on year in 2020, with transfers from the United States and Canada acting as a mitigating force while transfers from the Global South decreased. The report also covers school closures and home-schooling experiences and community perceptions of COVID-19.
How to cite
Institut Interuniversitaire de Recherche et de Développement (INURED), 2020, The Impact of COVID-19 on Families in Urban and Rural Haiti, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/inured-2020-covid-19-impact-on-families
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