EQUITY IN COVID-19 [electronic resource] : Mitigation and Policy Responses in Africa / edited by Anika Altaf, Dzodzi Tsikata, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Marleen Dekker.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9783031585883
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/21364
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2024.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XVI, 369 p. 28 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resource.
Dizi
EADI Global Development Series, 2947-8537
İçindekiler Notu
Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART I: Western Africa -- Chapter 2: Benin -- Chapter 3: Burkina Faso -- Chapter 4: Ghana -- Chapter 5: Mali -- Chapter 6: Niger -- Chapter 7: Nigeria -- PART II: Eastern Africa -- Chapter 8 : Ethiopia -- Chapter 9: Kenya -- Chapter 10: Mozambique -- Chapter 11: Rwanda -- Chapter 12: Uganda -- PART III: Northern Africa -- Chapter 13: Tunisia -- Chapter 14: Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Reflections and Recommendations.
Özet, vb.
This Open Access edited volume presents twelve African case studies that systematically reconstruct, document and analyse how national governments and other stakeholders took equity into account in their initial policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the onset of the pandemic, many African governments acted quickly to suppress the virus through various public health measures, including lockdowns, mobilizing healthcare resources and designing responses to support the economy and the population. There were, however, significant variations in the severity and type of measures taken, as well as their accessibility and impacts. Equity was not a given and, therefore, important questions have been raised about who benefitted and who were left unprotected from the interventions, particularly those designed to protect income and basic services? The book, based on a variety of empirical data and disciplinary perspectives of research teams from across the continent, examines the inclusivity of mitigation and policy responses. It situates these findings on short-term interventions and impact in debates about the longer-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of the African continent and proposes new directions for policy, research and practice in responses and interventions during crises. Dr. Anika Altaf is executive director at INCLUDE knowledge platform for Inclusive Development Policies. Her areas of expertise are inclusive development, human wellbeing and translating research into policy and practice. Dr. Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. She is also Programme Officer at Feminist Africa at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Dzodzi Tsikata is Distinguished Professor of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and the immediate past Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana. Marleen Dekker is Professor of Inclusive Development in Africa at Leiden University and Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden. From 2014 to 2021, Marleen was the coordinator of the INCLUDE Secretariat.
Konu
Economic development.
Development Studies.
Diğer Yazarlar
Altaf, Anika.
Tsikata, Dzodzi.
Torvikey, Gertrude Dzifa.
Dekker, Marleen.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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