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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carmody, Pádraig Risteard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Other Title:

COVID-19 in the global south

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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 globalisation, the book investigates implications for development and gender, as well as the effects on migration, climate change and economic inequality. Contributors consider how widespread and long-lasting responses to the pandemic should be, while paying particular attention to the accentuated risks faced by vulnerable populations. Providing answers that will be essential to development practitioners and policy makers, the book offers vital insights into how the impact of COVID-19 can be mitigated in some of the most challenging socio-economic contexts worldwide."

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781529215892

1529215897