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Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as social distancing, business and school closures have been introduced worldwide to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In Georgia NPIs affected children’s lives, contributing to the emergence of new categories of poor.

Two practical applications combining household survey and geospatial data are presented. First, administrative level one data from household surveys are combined with geospatial data to project child poverty headcount rates at administrative level two.

The social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: who are the new poor in Georgia, Alessandro Carraro, UNICEF Innocenti - Office of Research and Foresight