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Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South
Reviewing selected policy responses in Asia and South America, this paper draws pragmatic lessons for developing countries to better address the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that not acting quickly and adequately incurs much higher costs. So-called ‘best practices’, while useful, may be inappropriat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7653449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33192031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00256-y |
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author | Chowdhury, Anis Z. Jomo, K. S. |
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description | Reviewing selected policy responses in Asia and South America, this paper draws pragmatic lessons for developing countries to better address the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that not acting quickly and adequately incurs much higher costs. So-called ‘best practices’, while useful, may be inappropriate, especially if not complemented by effective and suitable socio-economic measures. Public understanding, support and cooperation, not harsh and selective enforcement of draconian measures, are critical for successful implementation of containment strategies. This requires inclusive and transparent policy-making, and well-coordinated and accountable government actions that build and maintain trust between citizens and government. In short, addressing the pandemic crisis needs ‘all of government’ and ‘whole of society’ approaches under credible leadership. |
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spelling | pubmed-76534492020-11-10 Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South Chowdhury, Anis Z. Jomo, K. S. Development (Rome) Upfront Reviewing selected policy responses in Asia and South America, this paper draws pragmatic lessons for developing countries to better address the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that not acting quickly and adequately incurs much higher costs. So-called ‘best practices’, while useful, may be inappropriate, especially if not complemented by effective and suitable socio-economic measures. Public understanding, support and cooperation, not harsh and selective enforcement of draconian measures, are critical for successful implementation of containment strategies. This requires inclusive and transparent policy-making, and well-coordinated and accountable government actions that build and maintain trust between citizens and government. In short, addressing the pandemic crisis needs ‘all of government’ and ‘whole of society’ approaches under credible leadership. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2020-11-10 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7653449/ /pubmed/33192031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00256-y Text en © Society for International Development 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Upfront Chowdhury, Anis Z. Jomo, K. S. Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title | Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title_full | Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title_fullStr | Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title_full_unstemmed | Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title_short | Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries: Lessons from Selected Countries of the Global South |
title_sort | responding to the covid-19 pandemic in developing countries: lessons from selected countries of the global south |
topic | Upfront |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7653449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33192031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00256-y |
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