National and Global Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a country's preparedness in coping with a pandemic.

Examines the pandemic from a global perspective, highlighting the limitations of the global action to control COVID-19 Places the COVID-19 pandemic within a historical context and compares it with previous pandemics Contains a comparative analysis of COVID-19 responses to highlight how different regions managed the pandemic

Autorentext

A.S. BHALLA is David Thomson Senior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK. Previously he was Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa; a senior staff member of the International Labour Office in Geneva and a founder member of its World Employment Programme. Dr. Bhalla has held research and academic positions at the Universities of Yale, Manchester and Oxford. FRÉDÉRIC LAPEYRE is a member of the Institute of Development Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain Le Neuve, Belgium. He has worked as a consultant to the European Commission, the International Labour Office and the European Trade Union Confederation. He has written several articles on development and globalization issues.

Inhalt

Part I History and Context.- Chapter 1. Viruses and Leadership in a Historical Perspective.- Chapter 2. State of National Healthcare and the Pandemic.- Part II Leaders, Institutions, and People.- Chapter 3. Understanding Leadership Challenges: A Framework.- Chapter 4. Leaders, Agents and Followers: An Assessment.- Part III Global Cooperation.- Chapter 5. Leadership Challenges to Global Cooperation (A.S. Bhalla and Colin Mackerras).- Chapter 6. Global and Regional Action.- Chapter 7. Lessons for the Future./