COVID-19 in the global south : : Impacts and responses /

COVID-19 in the global south : : Impacts and responses / / edited by Pádraig Risteard Carmody [and three others].

"Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together a range of experts across various sectors, this important volume explores some of the key issues that have arisen in the Global South with the COVID-19 pandemic. Situating the worldwide health crisis within broader processes of...

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Carmody, Pádraig Risteard,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Bristol University Press,, 2020.
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (219 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables vii
  • List of Abbreviations ix
  • Notes on Contributors xiii
  • Foreword xix
  • Introduction 1
  • Part I Perspectives on the Pandemic
  • 1.COVID-19 Pandemic Ignorance and the 'Worlds' of Development 7
  • 2. Climate Change and Coronavirus: A Confluence of Crises as Learning Moment 17
  • 3. International Human Rights and Global Welfare in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic 29
  • 4. Development Education, COVID-19 and Neoliberalism Stephen McCloskey 39
  • Part II Social and Economic Impacts
  • 5. Prisons in a Pandemic: The Malawi Experience 51
  • 6. The Challenge of COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements and the Need for Co-produced Local Responses 63
  • 7. Policy Milieu for Combatting COVID-19 and Sustainability of African Economies 75
  • 8. Africa and the Economic Pathologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic 85
  • 9. Ride-hailing Drivers Left Alone at the Wheel: Reflections from South Africa and Kenya 95
  • 10. COVID-19 in Latin America: Uneven Responses, Uneven Impacts, Shared Challenges 105
  • Part III Responses
  • 11. The 'Shadow Pandemic': Addressing Gender-based Violence (GBV) During COVID-19 117
  • 12. Psychosocial Implications and Programming Responses Against COVID-19 in Africa 127
  • 13. The Economics of COVID-19 in Italy and Lessons for Africa 139
  • 14. COVID-19 Lockdowns in Africa: Their Effects and Challenges 149
  • 15. COVID-19 and Global Inequality 161
  • 16. The Health Impact Fund: Learning from COVID-19 173
  • 17. After the Immediate Coronavirus Crisis: Three Scenarios for Global Development 183
  • Conclusion 193.

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