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Residual capacity and the political economy of pandemic response in Ghana

Asante, Kofi Takyi - 2022

On the whole, poor countries in Africa and elsewhere seem to have weathered the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19 …, Ghana was able to surmount the limitations of its weak and underresourced public health system by leveraging 'residual …

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The labour market impact of COVID-19 lockdowns : evidence from Ghana

Schotte, Simone; Danquah, Michael; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2021

both the extensive and intensive margins, using Ghana as a case study. We take advantage of a specific policy setting, in … which strict stay-at-home orders were issued and enforced in two spatially delimited areas, bringing Ghana's major …

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Humanity over economy : biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

McKeown, James - 2022

and epidemiology. The research assesses Ghana's effectiveness in governing the COVID-19 pandemic contrary to apocalyptic … predictions. This paper critiques Ghana's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Foucault's biopolitics. The main … result of this study showed that Ghana survived the pandemic because of effective policies, not providence. The study also …

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Horizontal inequality, COVID-19, and lockdown readiness : evidence from India

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Kundu, Anustup - 2020

A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 both reflects and exacerbates existing inequalities. However, there are significant gaps in this research area with respect to 'horizontal' or group-based inequalities in Global South countries. Lack of group-disaggregated data often contributes. In...

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Trust in the time of corona

Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N.; Justino, Patricia; … - 2020

The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping not just public health and the economy but also...

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Institutional trust in the time of corona : evidence from countermeasures in Germany

Stojetz, Wolfgang; Ferguson, Neil T. N.; Baliki, Ghassan; … - 2024

We study how the stringency of policy measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals' trust in formal institutions. Drawing on micro-level panel data from Germany spanning an 18-month period from the onset of the pandemic, we show that, on average, there is a pronounced negative...

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The Tanzanian state response to COVID-19 : why low capacity, discursive legitimacy, and twilight authority matter

Patterson, Amy S. - 2022

Tanzania received significant global attention for its COVID-19 response during the first year of the pandemic. It did not share pandemic statistics, require masks, implement lockdowns, or close borders; it questioned testing and vaccine efficacy; and it emphasized traditional medicines as a...

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Dynamic impacts of lockdown on domestic violence : evidence from multiple policy shifts in Chile

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Brito, Emilia; Clarke, Damian; … - 2021

We leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile's 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on domestic violence. Using administrative data, we find lockdown imposition increases indicators of distress related to domestic violence, while decreasing domestic violence reports...

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The role of trust and poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mazive, Edson; Baza, Gerson; Xirinda, Gimelgo; … - 2021

Since it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world. Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization, many countries imposed social distancing measures and cancelled non-essential activities in order to contain the spread of...

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Informal freelancers in the time of COVID-19 : insights from a digital matching platform in Mozambique

Jones, Sam; Manhique, Ivan - 2021

Despite the severe negative economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence from many contexts points to a surge in sales on online platforms, as well as shifts in the composition of demand. This paper investigates how the pandemic has affected both the supply of and demand for...

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