Research Note: Governance Indicators Explain Discrepancies in COVID‐19 Data

Baris, Omer F.; Pelizzo, Riccardo

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“…Overall, we found that several aspects of governance quality impacted how well nations grappled with COVID-19, with government effectiveness have a particularly noteworthy influence. Our results also support both Baris and Pelizzo (2020) and Chien and Lin (2020) , whose WGI-based investigations found that good governance was an important factor for coping with COVID-19. In addition, our findings echo evidence reported by Liang et al.…”

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“…Using data reported by the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, several have specifically examined the relationships between governance quality and COVID-19-related indices. For instance, Baris and Pelizzo (2020) reported that countries with better governance effectively confronted COVID-19 in a manner that reduced fatalities, while Chien and Lin (2020) found that better governance was generally associated with stronger national resilience to the pandemic. Meanwhile, studies by both Liang et al.…”

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How regime type and governance quality affect policy responses to COVID-19: A preliminary analysis

Bunyavejchewin

Sirichuanjun²

2021

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has slowed down economies, upended societies, and tremendously affected the daily lives of ordinary people throughout the world. In the international context, various government responses have thus given rise to many political debates and discussions centered around the handling of these impacts and the novel coronavirus itself. Here, emphasis is often placed on how regime type (i.e., democratic or non-democratic) and governance quality influence policies aimed at responding to the ongoing crisis. By examining relevant scientific resources, including the COVID-19 Global Response Index (developed by FP Analytics), Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), and Bjørnskov-Rode regime data, this study found that regime type was indeed related to governmental policy responses to COVID-19. Results specifically showed that governance quality (especially effectiveness) had moderate impacts on how well these policies were implemented. Due to several limitations, however, these findings should be regarded as preliminary evidence.

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How regime type and governance quality affect policy responses to COVID-19: A preliminary analysis

Bunyavejchewin

Sirichuanjun²

2021

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“…Our first article this time continues debates in previous issues of the journal concerning the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on world affairs (see, e.g., Baris and Pelizzo 2020; Kavalski 2021; Klimkin and Umland 2020)—this time from the perspective of soft power and public diplomacy. In “A Critical Juncture?…”

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Norman

2021

World Affairs

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Welcome to the fall 2021 issue of World Affairs (WAJ)! Our first article this time continues debates in previous issues of the journal concerning the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on world affairs (see, e.g., Baris and Pelizzo 2020; Kavalski 2021; Klimkin and Umland 2020)-this time from the perspective of soft power and public diplomacy. In "A Critical Juncture? COVID-19 and the Fate of the U.S.-China Struggle for Supremacy," Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey queries how global public perception in Europe and Africa of both countries' COVID-19 efforts have affected their competitive advantage for global leadership. The author contends that China will almost certainly win some admiration for its COVID-19 efforts, but not enough to gain a competitive edge over the United States. This insightful piece speaks directly to former WAJ articles on leadership in the post-pandemic world order by Ross Smith and Fallon (2020) and Struye de Swielande (2021).International cooperation was a key topic spanning several pieces in the last (June 2021) issue of WAJ (see Kopiński and Wróblewski 2021; Norman 2021; Struye de Swielande 2021), though, for the last year, debates have focused most on cooperation regarding shared solutions to the pandemic. International cooperation as it relates to security issues has taken a back seat for the last few issues, but is now returning to the forefront of current affairs discussions.At the turn of the millennium, WAJ published a strong article on "Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan" where CBMs were developed in an "attempt to replace conflict with cooperation" (Ahmar 2000, 34) in the strained relations between the two countries in the 1990s. Twenty-one years on, the second article in this fall issue updates readers on the same topic from a contemporary critical perspective. In "The Role of CBMs in the Evolution of Relations between Pakistan and India," Muhammad Waqas Haider and Tahir Mahmood Azad identify the main obstacles that have confounded bilateral conflict resolution in the past and add to the theoretical framework behind

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“…3 The African Press 4 reported that as of December 19, 2020, there have been 2,469,099 cases and nearly 60,000 deaths in Africa. If the data are to be trusted (see Baris and Pelizzo 2020 ), Africa was hit by the pandemic, but not as much as other regions. The economic consequences of COVID-19 in the continent are not as dire as they have been and are going to be for other regions.…”

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How COVID‐19 has Affected Africa's Development

Kinyondo

Pelizzo

2021

World Affairs

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Africa has experienced over a decade of sustained economic growth. However, since the outbreak of Ebola, there have been pertinent questions as to whether and what extent such outbreaks have developmental implications in the continent. It is in this context that this article investigates whether and to what extent the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affects the development of Africa’s economies. Using data from various international organizations, we show that the pandemic has indeed slowed down African economies, albeit in differing degrees across various regions of the continent. However, the slowdown is moderate compared with economies in high-income countries and the world economies as a whole. We contend that while it is difficult to predict when the crisis is going to end, the continent can navigate itself out of it by leveraging on the ever-increasing global prices of agricultural products and natural resources.

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Research Note: Governance Indicators Explain Discrepancies in COVID‐19 Data

Cited by 22 publications

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How regime type and governance quality affect policy responses to COVID-19: A preliminary analysis

How regime type and governance quality affect policy responses to COVID-19: A preliminary analysis

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How COVID‐19 has Affected Africa's Development

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