Working Paper
Africa’s lockdown dilemma
The primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population. However, there is growing unease that blindly replicating these policies might inflict irreparable damage...
Blog
Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contract
Continued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments. As this column explains, in contexts where there are...
Journal Article
Africa’s lockdown dilemma
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, sub-Saharan African countries faced the dilemma of how to minimize viral transmission without adversely affecting the poor. This study proposes an index of lockdown readiness, taking into account housing conditions...