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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?
How to sustain a long lockdown
- March 30, 2020by Neelanjan Sircar - CPR (India)
The lockdown was imposed in a fashion that was unsustainable for the poorest populations in India.
Policy uncertainty and COVID-19
- March 29, 2020by Sajid Amin Javed - SDPI (Pakistan)
Once governments are done with the virus, there shall be time to focus on economic recovery.
The Challenges of Managing a Hunger Crisis Amidst a Public Health Emergency
- March 29, 2020by Ashwin Parulkar, Mukta Naik - CPR (India)
There’s a disconnect between the government’s responses to the hunger and health crisis among the most vulnerable populations.
Covid-19 and the epidemics of neoliberalism
- in Spanish - March 27, 2020by Marcos Cueto - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
Epidemics come back from time to time to remind us of our vulnerability. Vulnerability to disease and power.
Legislating from home: the experience of congresses in the current context and their possible applications in Argentina
- in Spanish - March 27, 2020by Carolina Tchintian, María Belén Abdala, Iván Seira - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Can our institutions adapt to this new reality?
Freedom restrictions in El Salvador due to COVID-19 should always be clear and fair
- in Spanish - March 26, 2020by Oscar Pineda Rivas - FUSADES (El Salvador)
Restrictions are necessary to curb the virus, but those that directly limit constitutional rights must be equitable, proportional and clear.
Government has to realise more to provide more
- March 25, 2020by Mustafizur Rahman - CPD (Bangladesh)
The government needs to launch drives to rein in tax evasion and illicit money outflow.
World won’t be the same again
- March 24, 2020by Shyam Saran - CPR (India)
Due to the pandemic, both authoritarian and democratic countries will become more interventionist.
Covid-19 will test, reshape the State
- March 22, 2020by Yamini Aiyar - CPR (India)
Today’s choices will determine the future of the Indian State’s relationship with citizens.
Conduct and the law
- in Spanish - March 20, 2020by Martín Böhmer - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Non-compliance and disobedience to authority are our two most defining behaviors with the law, the pandemic is affecting both.
The pandemic is challenging the rift
- in Spanish - March 20, 2020by Carolina Tchintian - CIPPEC (Argentina)
The decisions of political leaders during the crisis will surely affect voter perceptions on the capabilities of political elites.
A stress test for global governance
- in Spanish - March 20, 2020by María Belén Abdala - CIPPEC (Argentina)
The way the world faces this new threat might affect how we perceive globalisation and international cooperation.