Abstract:
COVID-19 impacted the life and livelihoods of all classes of people of
Bangladesh. This study was conducted to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on
the supporting staff of residential hotel and restaurants and to explore their
survival strategies. To attain the objectives of this study, 110 supporting staff of
residential hotel and restaurants from different location of Dhaka city were
selected to collect primary data using structured interview schedule. Data were
collected during June and July, 2022. Results reveal that the monthly income
before COVID-19 was Tk. 17240.56 which decreased to Tk. 13948.60/month
after COVID-19. Money send to their family members live in village was
greatly reduced due to the pandemic. Result also reveals that the majority
(77.27%) of the respondent lost their job due to COVID-19 pandemic related
shocks. Findings indicate that 63.64% of the supporting staff regained their job
on previous post but 36.36 percent of the respondents had to manage their job
in similar post in other hotels or restaurants. To survive respondents were
forced to reduce their monthly expenditure by Tk. 1294.90. Besides, most of
the respondents (60%) managed their household expenditure during COVID-19
from relatives loan. Majority of the respondents (64%) did not receive any aid.
Mostly stated reasons behind that were the improper distributions of the
government aid due to the influence of nepotism, corruption by the local
government and improper monitoring system by the authority. A policy
framework to protect the vulnerable working people is warranted to avoid
similar future events. Besides, these people should be encouraged to save for
future uncertainties.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Dept. of Development and Poverty Studies,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in Partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIES
