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Covid- 19 and citizen’s behavior in development and developing countries: challenges and solution

Social Capital
Social Policy
Public Opinion
Solidarity
Md Hussin Alam
British Graduate College in Wroclaw
Md Hussin Alam
British Graduate College in Wroclaw

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Abstract

More than 97 million people are living bottom of the pyramid (BOP) area. Those people are living less than $1.90 a day because of pandemic. For the covid-19 increasing the global poverty rate from 7.8 to 9.1 percent; 163 million more are living on less than $5.50 a day (World bank 2021). Poorer countries are contending with a deeper, longer-lasting crisis that has increased global poverty and is reversing recent trends of shrinking inequality. It is not possible to quantify the effect on global inequality yet, but simulations suggest that an increase of just 1% in within-country inequality would result in 32 million people living on less than $1.90 a day in 2021 and increase the gap between the income growth of the bottom and top 40 percent to 4 percent from 2.7 percent with no change in within-country inequality. Those who lost income due to the pandemic have been almost twice as likely to spend down assets or savings, leaving them less able to cope with continued or recurrent income losses. They have also been 57 percent more likely to go a full day without eating, which carries serious long-term consequences for cognitive and physical development when experienced among children. It is also estimated that covid-19 could lead to an aggregate loss of between 0.3 and 0.9 years of schooling, with poorer families the most impacted. Corona virus made their life more difficult. If we look through the coronavirus outbreak quickly surges worldwide, many countries are adopting non-therapeutic preventive measures, which include travel bans, remote office activities, country lockdown, and most importantly, social distancing. However, these measures face challenges in development and developing countries.Social distancing is difficult in many development countries and with the minimal resources the country has, it would be extremely challenging to implement the mitigation measures. A prompt, supportive, and empathic collaboration between the government, citizens, and health experts, along with international assistance, can enable the country to minimize the impact of the pandemic. This research will be examined how citizen do behave during lockdown? What kind of step government get to solve covid-19 problems? what kind of challenges government face to control economic and what kind of challenges citizens face to solve their financial problem’s. Research will examine the economic solution.