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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?
Congress' chance to gain legitimacy
- in Spanish - April 24, 2020by Martín Böhmer - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Argentina’s institutions have a reputation of being untrustworthy and lacking cooperation. Now is a chance to operate efficiently.
Electoral Promotion Fund
- in Spanish - April 24, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
The Humanitarian Law suggests eliminating any allocation to electoral, or election-related, publicity and promotion.
Supporting field workers to combat COVID-19
- April 24, 2020by Avani Kapur, Rajika Seth - CPR (India)
Field workers are playing a critical role in helping communities access government schemes and services.
Three ways India could streamline its Covid-19 relief measures to protect vulnerable citizens
- April 24, 2020by Avani Kapur - CPR (India)
Developing a decentralised, community-led and inclusive response will be crucial.
First virtual conference of SV Latin American think tanks on COVID-19
- in Spanish - April 22, 2020by Andrea Ordóñez, Miguel Jaramillo, Verónica Serafini, Ana Patricia Muñoz, Pedro Argumedo, Javier Herrera, Gala Díaz Langou, Helga Cuéllar-Marchelli, Carolina Tchintian, María Jaraquemada, Andrés Carrizosa, Mónica Pachón Buitrago, Lorena Vázquez Correa - Southern Voice
In a joint initiative with On Think Tanks, Southern Voice organized its first virtual conference on COVID-19 in Latin America.
Webinar Deck: Trust, Institutions, and Collective Action: How are Communities Responding to COVID-19 in Bangladesh?
- April 22, 2020by Mirza M. Hassan, Mahan Ul Hoque, Imran Matin, Mehnaz Rabbani, Tariq Omar Ali, Naomi Hossain, Mamun-Ur-Rashid - BIGD (Bangladesh)
People have largely become more positive towards lockdown initiatives, although many are losing trust in the government.
Redesigning India’s Social Protection Financing Architecture to meet the Challenge of COVID-19
- April 21, 2020by Yamini Aiyar, Avani Kapur, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Manish, Mukta Naik, Arkaja Singh - CPR (India)
A proposal for a reformed structure of financial institutions based on decentralisation, consolidation, and convergence.
Let’s reimagine democracy
- April 21, 2020by Shyam Saran - CPR (India)
In times of Covid, we need to reflect on the deeper realities of social inequality.
Battling COVID-19 with a Multi-disciplinary Integrative Approach
- April 20, 2020by Jai Asundi - CSTEP (India)
What kind of systems should have been in place to address a pandemic of such epic proportions?
Involve local governments in fight against Covid-19
- April 20, 2020by Jonas Mbabazi - ACODE (Uganda)
Communities are looking to local leaders for responses to the crisis, but they don’t have the budget for crisis management.
Disaster Relief Funds to States for COVID-19 Is Welcome, But Centre Must Cushion Further
- April 20, 2020by Nilachala Acharya, Happy Pant - CBGA (India)
A review of the public provisioning for such disaster response measures shows that India needs several reforms.
Civil Society in Ecuador
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
The new humanitarian law proposes the engagement of five members of civil society. Who is civil society? What is its role?
The State needs to step up, urgently
- April 16, 2020by Yamini Aiyar - CPR (India)
The State must: provide food, improve Centre-state mechanisms, communicate better, and show compassion.
Some reflections on COVID-19, the performance of political systems and democracy
- in Spanish - April 16, 2020FUSADES (El Salvador)
Are democratic or non-democratic systems better equipped to deal with a pandemic? The case of Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S.
To Help Farmers, Government Must Digest Its Own Orders
- April 15, 2020by Mekhala Krishnamurthy - CPR (India)
The myriad interconnections that keep agricultural and food systems going everyday have suddenly become starkly visible.