Blog 15 November 2022 How one Chinese local government deals with the effect of COVID-19 policy on the economy: the case of Yibin How has China, one of the countries with the strictest COVID-19 prevention policies, balanced pandemic prevention and control with economic development? The city of Yibin in Sichuan province provides an interesting example. Yunliang Lei COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker ... China
Blog 22 June 2022 Building integrity and challenging polarisation during a global pandemic Director of the Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Anna Petherick outlines the programme's initial research and knowledge exchange priorities and why these matter to Brazil and many other countries across the Global South. Anna Petherick Freya Paulucci Couldrick Public sector Integrity ... COVID-19 Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Brazil
Blog 25 May 2022 Why have some provinces in China thus far managed to contain Omicron while others have not? The team that tracks Chinese provinces' data for the COVID-19 Government Response Tracker investigates some patterns with important implications for the country's strategy. Thomas Hale Hui Zhou Hao Zha COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker ... China
Blog 13 April 2022 Tracking COVID-19 policies across Brazil: the tracker’s largest subnational project Brazil was the first subnational project of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. It has been going since the summer of 2020, amid some challenges and many successes. Maria Luciano Julia Sampaio Laura Boeira COVID-19 Brazil
Blog 11 March 2022 Restrictions and mandates for the unvaccinated - the new normal? Vaccines have transformed the world of pandemic policy and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker is adapting. The team explain the changes in details. Helen Tatlow Thomas Hale Emily Cameron-Blake Rodrigo Furst Bernardo Andretti de Mello COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
Blog 21 February 2022 Taming the truckers The current trucker-inspired protests that have spread from Canada to other countries share three features that make them particularly difficult to manage. But governments and law-enforcement agencies can still apply some well-established conflict-management lessons. Ngaire Woods COVID-19
Blog 04 February 2022 How Chinese provincial governments responded to COVID-19 waves driven by the Delta and Omicron variants How long will China continue to pursue suppression of COVID-19 transmission? The team who collect and analyse China's data for our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker argue that a change of strategy is not likely. Thomas Hale Hao Zha Yuxi Zhang COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker ... China
Blog 27 January 2022 The effect of lockdown restrictions on air quality in China As the world resumes its productive activities, China's experience of a substantial improvement in air quality during lockdowns can inform future economic transformation and innovation towards more environmentally friendly solutions. Jinmeng Zhang COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker ... China
Blog 26 January 2022 COVID-19 public information campaigns in Chinese provinces Governments have been communicating with the public about the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways. In China, provincial-level jurisdictions have recorded similarities in responsiveness and significant variation in format. Yanying Lin COVID-19 COVID-19 Government Response Tracker ... China