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Chronic fuel shortages, which became worse in 2020, and lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19 were the main contributing factors, the study said. The poorest were the hardest hit as they were unable to find work in a country where one in two people is working in the informal economy, and many live hand-to-mouth.