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Residual capacity and the political economy of pandemic response in Ghana

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On the whole, poor countries in Africa and elsewhere seem to have weathered the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19) pandemic better than wealthier countries with superior healthcare systems. Using the Ghanaian case, this paper draws on newspaper articles, policy statements, and other secondary sources to explain how the country's competitive clientelist political settlement mediated the public health outcomes of the pandemic.

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  • Kofi Takyi Asante, 2022. "Residual capacity and the political economy of pandemic response in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-44, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Williams, Martin J., 2021. "Beyond state capacity: bureaucratic performance, policy implementation and reform," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 339-357, April.
    2. Lipscy, Phillip Y., 2020. "COVID-19 and the Politics of Crisis," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 74(S1), pages 98-127, December.
    3. Resnick, Danielle, 2019. "Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation," IFPRI book chapters, in: Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects, chapter 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    1. Joseph Antwi-Boasiako & Griselda Asamoah-Gyadu, 2023. "Government Preparedness Towards Ebola and Covid-19 Health Crises in Ghana," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 515-530, June.
    2. James McKeown, 2022. "Humanity over economy: biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-146, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Asante, Kofi Takyi, 2023. "The politics of policy failure in Ghana: The case of oil palm," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 31(C).

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    COVID-19; State capacity; Clientelism; Political settlements; Ghana; Public health;
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