Daily Archives: 6 July, 2023

Who Cares? An Introduction & Chapter 1 The Paradox of Social Protection in Southeast Asia: A Regional Overview of the Health and Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 and Responses

COVID-19 has proven to be much more than a health crisis: it has rattled the global order and highlighted the precarious architecture of unbalanced social, political, economic, and environmental systems.

Who Cares? COVID-19 Social Protection Response in Southeast Asia: Chapter 4 “Left Behind” in Thailand’s Pursuit of Economic Recovery

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, like in the rest of the world, have transcended public health. The country’s containment measures and strict border control in 2020 limited the toll on human life, but its economy was among the worst affected in Southeast Asia, contracting 6.1 percent for the year after growing 2.4 percent in 2019 (ADB 2022)

Who Cares? COVID-19 Social Protection Response in Southeast Asia: Chapter 5 “Economic Imperatives and Implementation Biases Inhibit the COVID-19 Response in Indonesia”

After weeks of unconfirmed rumors and government denials, President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, officially announced on March 2, 2020, the arrival of COVID-19 in Indonesia.