Equity in Covid-19: Mitigation and Policy Responses in Africa
Altaf, Anika, Tsikata, Dzodzi, Dzifa Torvikey, Gertrude
- 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
- 出版日期: 2024-10-26
- 售價: $2,530
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,404
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 275
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031585879
- ISBN-13: 9783031585876
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商品描述
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.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本開放存取的編輯專書呈現了十二個非洲案例研究，系統性地重建、記錄和分析國家政府和其他利害關係者在COVID-19疫情初期政策回應中如何考慮到公平性。在疫情爆發初期，許多非洲政府迅速採取各種公共衛生措施，包括封鎖、動員醫療資源以及設計支持經濟和人口的應對措施，以壓制病毒的傳播。然而，採取的措施的嚴重程度和類型，以及其可及性和影響力存在顯著差異。公平性並非一成不變，因此，對於誰受益以及誰在干預措施中無保護的重要問題已經提出。特別是那些旨在保護收入和基本服務的措施？本書基於非洲各地的研究團隊的各種實證數據和學科觀點，檢視了緩解和政策回應的包容性。它將這些研究結果置於關於COVID-19疫情對非洲大陸發展的長期影響的討論中，並提出了在危機期間的回應和干預的政策、研究和實踐的新方向。
作者簡介
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.
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.
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.
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.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Dr. Anika Altaf 是包容性發展政策知識平台 INCLUDE 的執行主任。她的專業領域包括包容性發展、人類福祉以及將研究成果轉化為政策和實踐。
Dzodzi Tsikata 是倫敦大學亞非學院（SOAS）的發展研究傑出教授，也是迦納大學非洲研究所（IAS）的前任所長。
Dr. Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey 是迦納大學統計、社會和經濟研究所（ISSER）的研究員，也是迦納大學非洲研究所的女性主義非洲計劃主任。
Marleen Dekker 是萊頓大學非洲研究中心的非洲包容性發展教授和主任。從2014年到2021年，Marleen擔任INCLUDE秘書處的協調人。
