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Gabon launches study to mitigate economic shocks of Coronavirus

The Ministry of the Economy has just launched a telephone survey to measure the impact of Covid-19 on business activities and household living conditions. In the short term, this study will provide “a reporting tool providing monthly statistical information to adjust communication, prevention and care strategies for populations”.

In order to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business activities and household living conditions, the Ministry of the Economy has just launched a survey. In particular, it will assess the impact of Covid-19 on the employment of household members; measure the economic impact on production, sales, supply chain, access to credit and business prospects, etc.

“In the short term, this survey will provide a reporting tool providing monthly statistical information to adjust communication, prevention and care strategies for populations, especially the most vulnerable. In the longer term, after the health crisis, this monitoring of indicators will be used to produce and capitalize knowledge on the repercussions of Covid-19 on the economy, health and other social aspects “, the Ministry of Economy justified.

COVID-19 is a repeat-pass sample survey. That is to say that it will be carried out every month from May to December 2020. “The collection by telephone of information from businesses and households will be done according to the system of computer-assisted interviews in order to facilitate their computer exploitation. for the purposes of rapid analysis of the results, ” the Ministry of Economy said.

Thus, the first phase of the survey consists of confirming the telephone numbers of the households and updating the sample size. The second phase, for its part, involves telephone interviews in order to complete the questionnaires.

Within the framework of households, the study is based on a sample of 2260 households drawn from the database of the second Gabonese Survey on Poverty Monitoring and Assessment (EGEP II) of 2017. Covering both in urban and rural areas, it targets a sample of households in five regions: Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville. For businesses, the sample draws on two sources. On the one hand, the 2017 Gabonese Poverty Assessment Survey (EGEP II) database, which provides a list of identified informal production units. And, on the other hand, the national accounts service.