The principal objective of the study is to determine the nature and extent of food (in)accessibility among remittance receiving households in Kingston, Jamaica, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research questions are: 1) What are the determinants of food (in)accessibility among remittance receiving households in Kingston? 2) Are there different determinants of food (in)accessibility among non-remittance receiving households? 3) How have remittances adjusted for pandemic-related income loss, savings deficits and unemployment? 4) How has COVID-19 impacted food (in)accessibility among remittance receiving households? 5) Has COVID-19 encouraged (internal and international) migration to improve food accessibility among households in Kingston? 6) Has COVID-19 encouraged food remittances within (and from outside of) Jamaica?
Organization(s): SALISES, University of the West Indies – Mona Campus
Team Members: Natalie Dietrich Jones (PI), Robert Kinlocke, Elaine Campbell
Funder: SSHRC PG
Featured Country:
Jamaica