IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIC ON PETTY TRADERS LIVELIHOOD IN RURAL BANGLADESH

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic is going to be the greatest pandemic in all times of planet earth. It is still threatening the normal life. Scientist, statistician, economist and some other important part of the wings of a states or nations are struggling with the impact of pandemic. They still do not know where the ending of this impact is. The aim of the study is to find out the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on petty trader’s life. What a pandemic situation directly and indirectly effects on small business in Bangladesh to explore this causative relation is the main purpose of this study. The study conducted in four districts of Mymensingh divisions in ten different small businesses and in every type of business there are at least ten businesses included for data collection. The study uses mixed method for data collection. The conducted research study finds that COVID pandemic creates the situation like, lockdown approach which is taken by government of Bangladesh; this lockdown disrupted the running business. The 100% of the respondent believe that this disruption badly affected to petty trade and their life. All the respondent of the research exposed the negative consequences of their business which stop their income and surviving path. Petty trader and those who are associated with informal sectors, they are terribly affects by pandemic. The government has taken some steps to aid the vulnerable groups who are affected by COVID-19 pandemic but it is not sufficient to them. Finally, Bangladesh is not such welfare state which can take care each and every citizen of it in the pandemic situation, but to protect the petty trade and other informal sector, government can take the decision about lockdown approach because this is the denominator fact of financial, social and all other activities.