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How have Europe’s outermost regions dealt with the economic and social consequences of the COVID‐19 crisis? Effects, policies and recommendations

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  • Sebastien Bourdin
  • Victoire Cottereau
  • François Hermet
  • Philippe Jean‐Pierre
  • Eduardo Medeiros

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This paper contributes to the literature by documenting how regions have experienced and managed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis, particularly for regions that are largely understudied and whose territorial characteristics (related to hyper‐remoteness and poverty) deserve greater attention. To this end, the study investigated regional strategy and planning documents and conducted 32 semi‐structured interviews with public authority representatives, sectoral actors and civil society groups. The findings show the socio‐economic consequences of the crisis and local policy responses. The study proposes a reflection in terms of public policies on what could be the ‘world after’ in the outermost regions, and highlights how the COVID‐19 crisis presented an opportunity to design and implement future territorial development policies that are more adapted to the context and territorial characteristics of these regions. Building a resilience policy in the outermost regions requires strengthening the territories’ capacities, which involves their structural equipment. Este artículo contribuye a la literatura documentando cómo las regiones han experimentado y gestionado la crisis de la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19), en particular en el caso de regiones poco estudiadas y cuyas características territoriales (relacionadas con la extrema lejanía y la pobreza) merecen una mayor atención. Para ello, el estudio investigó documentos de estrategia y planificación regional y realizó 32 entrevistas semiestructuradas a representantes de las autoridades públicas, agentes de diferentes sectores y grupos de la sociedad civil. Los resultados muestran las consecuencias socioeconómicas de la crisis y las respuestas de las políticas locales. El estudio propone una reflexión en términos de políticas públicas sobre lo que podría ser el ‘mundo de después’ en las regiones ultraperiféricas, y destaca cómo la crisis de COVID‐19 presentó una oportunidad para diseñar e implementar futuras políticas de desarrollo territorial más adaptadas al contexto y a las características territoriales de estas regiones. Desarrollar una política de resiliencia en las regiones ultraperiféricas requiere reforzar las capacidades de los territorios, lo que implica su equipamiento estructural. 本稿は、地域、特にほとんど研究されておらずその地域的特徴(超遠隔地及び貧困に関連する)が大きな注目に値する地域が2019年のコロナウイルス感染症(COVID‐19)による危機をどのように経験し、対応してきたかを記録することにより研究に貢献するものである。本研究では地域の戦略と計画の文書を調査し、公的機関の代表者、部門別の関係者、市民社会グループを対象に半構造化インタビューを32回実施した。この結果から、危機がもたらした社会経済的影響と地域政策の対応が示された。本研究は、超遠隔地域における「コロナ後の世界」として予想される状況について公共政策の観点からの考察を示し、COVID‐19危機により、これらの地域の状況と地域的特徴に、より適応した将来の地域開発政策を設計し実施する機会が与えられたことに注目する。超遠隔地域でレジリエンス政策を構築するには、地域の能力を強化する必要があり、これには構造的な準備が含まれる。

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  • Sebastien Bourdin & Victoire Cottereau & François Hermet & Philippe Jean‐Pierre & Eduardo Medeiros, 2023. "How have Europe’s outermost regions dealt with the economic and social consequences of the COVID‐19 crisis? Effects, policies and recommendations," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(8), pages 1820-1840, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:15:y:2023:i:8:p:1820-1840
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12690
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