Collapse and Recovery - How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It (Paperback)

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to human capital. This report presents new evidence and analysis to provide a comprehensive diagnostic of the effects of the pandemic on human capital outcomes and identify promising policy responses for governments faced with the task of rebuilding human capital in the wake of the pandemic. The report identifies the mechanisms through which COVID-19 affected the human capital of people at different points in the life cycle and provides estimates of the magnitude of these losses. This analysis underlines differences in impact across countries and groups within countries to understand how the reported blow on human capital has been unequal, exacerbating existing gaps and creating new ones. Grounded in the diagnostic, the report discusses policy responses that attend to afflicted groups in the short-term as well as the medium- to long-term agenda to build back better human capital and make systems more resilient. The long-term policy discussion recognizes COVID-19 as an inflection point, using the opportunity to reimagine systems and institutions, thinking in a completely different way about some key issues. In conclusion, the report reflects on what we have learned from failed policy responses as well as the innovations that proved successful across sectors in preventing or mitigating human capital losses associated with the COVID-19 crisis, and how these lessons can be incorporated across sectors going forward.

General

Imprint:	World Bank Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Norbert Schady • Alaka Holla • Shwetlena Sabarwal • Joana Silva • Andres Yi-Chang
Dimensions:	267 x 203mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	150
ISBN-13:	978-1-4648-1901-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > Employment & unemployment
LSN:	1-4648-1901-7
Barcode:	9781464819018

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