OECD This report reflects on the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on MENA countries and the potential changes it may bring to their reform agendas. It addresses the ongoing effects of the crisis and the long-term consequences and identifies emerging new trends. Report
Read MoreAnnals of Medicine and Surgery This article explores the detrimental effects of conflict in Somalia during the COVID-19 pandemic such as the inadequate amount of available health workers, facilities, and health service delivery methods. Journal Article
Read MoreFigshare This study assesses the Djiboutian government’s effectiveness in combating COVID-19 through studying different indicators like citizen trust in government, government responsiveness and leadership, and COVID-19 information access and accuracy. Results conveyed a strong link between responsiveness and effectiveness. Journal Article
Read MorePLOS Medicine This article discusses the disparity in the experience of the pandemic between refugees and citizens and focuses on Syrian refugees. It acknowledges that refugees are often blamed by governments and members of the public for infectious disease epidemics and states that they may experience elevated risks of infectious diseases like COVID-19 through no…
Read MoreHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics This article assesses the fragility of Arab government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and provides policy recommendations. It discusses how government trust and the perception of the social contract will change due to the citizen-government interaction during the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreThe RAND Blog This article points out the challenges Jordanians faced during the coronavirus pandemic and evaluates the country’s responsive measures. Article
Read MoreProject on Middle East Political Science This working paper argues that CSOs made progress in combatting violence during the first year of the pandemic due to political openness, a culture of coalitions, and bipartisan support for eliminating violence against women. However, the President’s power grab and subsequent political instability led to a breakdown in coalition…
Read MoreIFAD This article exhibits the ways through which IFAD helps Yemeni farmers during the coronavirus pandemic. Article
Read MoreDistinktion Journal of Social Theory This article adopts a decolonial lens to assess the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in Palestine and globally. It challenges the underlying premise being that the advanced, wealthy, and capable nation-states have endogenously earned the position of power and prosperity and that the world’s poor nation-states are posited as the…
Read MoreWorld Bank This article reviews the response of Somalia to the coronavirus pandemic in the light of the amalgamation of crises facing the country. The article acknowledges that unlike many countries, Somalia was dealing with multiple threats of crises: locusts, drought, flooding, COVID-19 in addition to the country’s fragility, after decades of war and political…
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