Balancing health and economic livelihoods: Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia

Project paper by Miyanda Malambo, Fwasa Singogo, Mulako Kabisa and Hambulo Ngoma. International Food Policy Research Institute.

September 24, 2020.

In response to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, countries across the world have instituted various policy measures which-although different in their approaches-are all evolving as the pandemic progresses. This brief uses data collected under the COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) project to report on the policy responses in Zambia during the initial six months of the pandemic (IFPRI 2020).