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Detailed record of global COVID-19 policies made permanently available
Our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker - the most comprehensive record of pandemic measures in the world - has published and archived its final dataset and working paper, creating a permanent, freely available, global record of COVID-19 policies.
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Variation in government responses to COVID-19
The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) provides a systematic way to track government responses to COVID-19 across countries and sub-national jurisdictions over time. This is version 15 of the working paper.
US state-level OxCGRT reports
An overview of the key policy decisions taken to manage the transmission of COVID-19 and protect public health in 12 US states using data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT).
What would a data framework for policy responses to pandemic diseases look like?
This scoping paper discusses how information on government policy responses to pandemic diseases should be collected and analysed to build preparedness.
Indian state-level policy responses to COVID-19 during the second wave
This paper tracks the evolution of the Indian government policy response to the coronavirus pandemic using data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, collected for Indian sub-national jurisdictions.
Proposal for funding and co-ordination mechanisms to maximise benefit / minimise cost / minimise risk from donor investment in COVID-19 vaccine development
This policy brief, written in March 2020, argues finance (rather than development of new vaccine technology) was likely to be the binding constraint on the timing of broad and equitable global availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
Variation in policy response to COVID-19 across Australian states and territories
This working paper provides an overview of the key policy decisions taken to curtail the transmission of COVID-19 and protect public health in the eight Australian states and territories.
What have we learned from tracking every government policy on COVID-19 for the past two years?
This paper describes the broad patterns of government responses over the first two years of the pandemic. Understanding what works, and what does not, first requires valid measurement of what governments have and have not done.
Chinese provincial government responses to COVID-19
Rethinking Health Security after COVID-19
In a critical examination of the health security paradigm, this report argues that, while the security implications of pandemics are clear, the concept of health security distracts attention from the underlying determinants of health that exacerbate the effects of severe disease outbreaks and disproportionately affect the most vulnerable. The report offers recommendations for developing and sustaining a human-centred approach to global health.
Variation in US states’ responses to COVID-19
The importance of students’ socio-emotional learning, mental health, and wellbeing in the time of COVID-19
Variation in the Canadian provincial and territorial responses to COVID-19
COVID-19 and taxes: Policies for the post-pandemic recovery
Balancing privacy with technology use: lessons from COVID-19
COVID-19 and disruption of the digital economy: evidence from low and middle-income countries
Brazil’s fight against COVID-19: risk, policies, and behaviours
A sector hanging in the balance: early childhood development and lockdown in South Africa
(Project report) Coping with COVID-19: Protecting lives, employment and incomes in Myanmar
(Policy brief) Coping with COVID 19: Protecting lives, employment, and incomes in Myanmar
Risk of Openness Index: When do government responses need to be increased or maintained?
Informality and COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
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