Informal pandemic precarity and migrant food enterprise in South Africa during COVID-19
• International migrants were extremely vulnerable to pandemic precarity. • Migrants in the South African informal food sector were severely impacted by the pandemic. • A Pandemic Precarity Scale (PPS) is proposed for quantifying the impact on informal food enterprise. • Three-quarters of the surveyed enterprises experienced intense pandemic precarity. • A policy environment that mitigates informal pandemic precarity is essential to post-pandemic recovery.
Authors
- Jonathan Crush (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3342-3192)
- Godfrey Tawodzera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-453X)
Institutions
- Balsillie School of International Affairs (CA)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Food Security
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100804
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.92
Funders
- International Development Research Centre
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada