Title: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human development

Authors: Julio Cesar Melo; Enzo Barberio Mariano; Fernando Bernardi de Souza

Addresses: Production Engineering Department, Sao Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo C. Coube 14-01, Bauru, Sao Paulo, 17033-360, Brazil ' Production Engineering Department, Sao Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo C. Coube 14-01, Bauru, Sao Paulo, 17033-360, Brazil ' Production Engineering Department, Sao Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo C. Coube 14-01, Bauru, Sao Paulo, 17033-360, Brazil

Abstract: The pandemic, arising from the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) virus, which began at the end of 2019 and quickly spread globally, had and continues to have significant impact on the lives of people. As a means of reducing infection rates and ensuring the availability of adequate medical care, governments decreed, to a greater or lesser extent, social distancing rules, circulation restrictions and the closure of schools and business. These measures resulted in significant economic impacts, such as job losses, income reduction, business failures, difficulties accessing basic health services and the cessation of school activities. With the intention of analysing the consequences of the pandemic on human development, the present study carried out a structured literature review of 59 research articles selected from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The articles were categorised according to the research proposal of each author and then analysed in terms of the impacts of the pandemic on human development.

Keywords: pandemic; COVID-19; human development; HDI; developing countries; health impacts; economic impacts; lockdown; structured review.

DOI: 10.1504/LAJMSD.2024.141346

Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development, 2024 Vol.6 No.3, pp.287 - 311

Received: 29 Aug 2023
Accepted: 06 Dec 2023
Published online: 09 Sep 2024 *

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