Abstract

How does the outbreak of COVID-19 affect livelihoods and food security in rural Liberia? COVID-19 is not only a direct threat to health but has also disrupted domestic food supply chains, food production and formal and informal labour income in many developing countries. In an earlier study, researchers compared the impact of large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) on livelihoods, i.e. consumption, assets and employment, in 73 villages by interviewing more than 2,000 inhabitants in LSAI-affected and matched control villages near two palm oil investment areas in rural Liberia. In this follow-up study, they conduct computer-assisted phone interviews with about 500 of these 2,000 people. Participants answer questions on their consumption, assets, employment and food security for two points in time: May and September 2020. By comparing the results of the previous study with the results of the current data, the researchers investigate how COVID-19 and its associated restrictions impact livelihoods and food security and if its medium-term effect (September) differs from the short-term effect (May). They further investigate whether the effect is heterogeneous across treatment status.

Questionnaire Description

This is the accompanying questionnaire for the "The impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and food security in rural Liberia" project.

Implementing Organization

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Project Data Collection Mode

Researchers (*corresponding author)

Rebecca Lohmann, Lisa Hoffmann, Jann Lay

Questionnaire Language(s)

English

Questionnaire Usage Permissions

Do not use without corresponding author's permission

Questionnaire Stage

Data Collection Completed