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COVID-19 in the Global South: Impacts and policy responses
by Andrea Ordóñez, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Tausi Kida - Southern Voice - February 23, 2021
How can the development cooperation system support a sustainable recovery from the pandemic in the Global South?
Using Twitter in COVID-19 Reporting
- May 6, 2020by Avantika Shrivastava - CPR (India)
A toolkit is for journalists looking to explore the potential of Twitter in their work.
Analysis and Proposals from FOSDEH related to State Purchases and Acquisitions in the Face of Coronavirus and the new Criminal Code in Honduras | Part Three
- in Spanish - May 5, 2020by Joel Aleman - FOSDEH (Honduras)
The pandemic has exposed serious flaws in the country. Yet, it is an opportunity to address past problems and unforeseen events.
Post COVID-19: Role of local govts in promoting primary health care
- May 4, 2020by Oscord Mark Otile - ACODE (Uganda)
Local governments boast about the number of patients treated in their facilities. But primary health care must be improved first.
Life after the pandemic
- May 4, 2020by Fahmida Kathun - CPD (Bangladesh)
Will there be any changes in social, cultural and institutional norms, political systems and governance patterns?
Institutional Positioning: The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 elections
- in Spanish - April 30, 2020FUNDAUNGO (El Salvador)
It is necessary to adopt transitional measures that guarantee the integrity and quality of the 2021 electoral process.
The COVID 19 pandemic: Four reflections on the role of the State and public management capacities
- in Spanish - April 29, 2020by Gonzalo Diéguez - CIPPEC (Argentina)
The collaboration between the public and private sectors have proven to be a necessary premise.
Trust, Institutions, and Collective Action: Rapid Study of Community Responses to COVID-19 in Bangladesh
- April 29, 2020by Mirza M. Hassan, Mahan Ul Hoque, Imran Matin, Mehnaz Rabbani, Tariq Omar Ali, Naomi Hossain, Mamun-Ur-Rashid - BIGD (Bangladesh)
Effective responses to COVID-19 depend on citizens cooperating with lockdown, testing and treatment regimes.
Should the Ghana Heritage Fund be used in the war against COVID-19?
- April 29, 2020by Abel Nyarko-Asomani - IEA (Ghana)
The Fund is intended to finance urgent expenditures in relation to the coronavirus crisis. This has ignited several debates.
For a Peruvian Model: social capital to face the crisis
- in Spanish - April 28, 2020by Álvaro Espinoza, Ricardo Fort - GRADE (Peru)
How can local organization among neighborhoods be reactivated to compensate for the absence of the State in the pandemic?
Impact of COVID - 19 in Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh and Government’s Response
- April 28, 2020by Sariyam Teja Krishna Chaithanya - CBGA (India)
Lockdown had a huge impact on rural and tribal people, whose main livelihood was daily wage labour or selling of local produce.
Assessment of Kenya’s Preparedness for the COVID-19 Emergency
- April 27, 2020by Leo Kipkogei Kemboi - IEA (Kenya)
Preparedness for a pandemic requires knowledge and capabilities by governments and non-state actors to respond and recover.
Institutional challenges to migrants’ welfare
- April 27, 2020by Shamindra Nath Roy, Manish - CPR (India)
State welfare boards’ capacities to offer assistance varies, hampering daily wage labourers’ access to social and food security.
Centre should use fiscal powers to ease state constraints
- April 25, 2020by Yamini Aiyar, Aditi Phadni - CPR (India)
The "do’s and don’ts" the government should keep in mind while planning for the future.
How Can Indians Secure ‘Direct’ Welfare in a Pandemic?
- April 25, 2020by Mohammad Hamza Farooqui, Avantika Shrivastava - CPR (India)
A look into the welfare program reveals its utility, but operational difficulties may reverse gains made on health protection.
Opinion poll - April 2020
- in Spanish - April 25, 2020Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
An assessment of the relationship between the social, economic, political and digital factors of the pandemic in Peru.