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COVID-19 in the Global South

Impacts and Responses

Edited by Pádraig Carmody, Gerard McCann, Clodagh Colleran and Ciara O’Halloran

Published

Oct 21, 2020

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1529217278

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Imprint

Bristol University Press
COVID-19 in the Global South

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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.

Pádraig Carmody is Professor in Geography at Trinity College Dublin and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is currently Chair of the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI).

Gerard McCann is Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Head of International Programmes at St Mary's University College, a college of Queens University Belfast. He is also Co-Convenor of the Education Study Group of the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI).

Clodagh Colleran is Administrative Co-ordinator at Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI). She holds an MA in Community Development from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and Wageningen University, the Netherlands and a BA in English, Sociology & Politics from NUIG and KU Leuven, Belgium.

Ciara O’Halloran is Communications Officer at Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI) and also works on communications for Civic and Community Engagement at University College Cork. She holds an MA in Digital Humanities from University College Cork and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Introduction ~ Pádraig Carmody and Gerard McCann

Part One: Perspectives on the Pandemic

Pandemic ignorance and the ‘worlds’ of development ~ Su-Ming Khoo

Climate change and Coronavirus A Confluence of Crises ~ David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa

Covid-19: Social Policy, Global Development and International Human Rights ~ Feilim O'hAdhmaill

Development Education, COVID-19 and Neoliberalism ~ Stephen McCloskey

COVID-19 mitigation and global inequality ~ Gerard McCann and Chrispin Matenga

Part Two: Social and Economic Impacts

Prisons in a pandemic: the Malawi experience ~ Kate Gauld

The challenge of COVID-19 in informal urban settlements and the need for co-produced local responses ~ Annie Wilkinson

Policy Milieu for Combating COVID-19 and Sustainability of African Economies ~ Olawale Emmanuel Olayide

Africa and the economic pathologies of the Coronavirus pandemic ~ Howard Stein

Ride-hailing drivers left alone at the wheel: Reflections from South Africa and Kenya.~ Amir Anwar

COVID in Latin America: uneven responses, uneven results, shared future challenges ~ Barry Cannon

Part Three: Responses

Getting the global response right: Addressing the needs of survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) during COVID19 ~ Brianna Guidorzi

Psychosocial implications and programming responses against Covid-19 in Africa ~ Patrick Onyango and Angela Veale

COVID-19 and the lessons from Italy for Africa ~ Giovanni Farese

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS in Africa: their Effects and challenges ~ Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Glorious Atukunda, Claire Biribawa and Jackline Mosinya

The Health Impact Fund: learning from COVID-19 ~ Felicitas Holzer and Thomas Pogge

After the immediate coronavirus crisis: three scenarios for global development ~ David Hulme and Rory Horner

Conclusion ~ Gerard McCann and Pádraig Carmody

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