COVID-19 and the Global South

Große Teile Asiens, Afrikas, Lateinamerikas und des Nahen Ostens sind sehr schwer von der Krankheit betroffen, und die Staaten des Globalen Südens reagieren sehr unterschiedlich. Erfahren Sie mehr darüber, wie das GIGA dazu beiträgt, den weltweiten Auswirkungen der Pandemie zu begegnen.

COVID-19 and the Global South

  • Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs | 08.2023

    COVID-19, Anti-Chinese Sentiment, and Foreign Policy Attitudes in South Korea

    COVID-19 generated significant anti-Chinese sentiment in South Korea. Domestic elite-level narratives regarding China at the pandemic’s onset were highly polarized: conservative parties advocated border shutdowns, emphasizing China as originating the virus, while progressive parties warned that this would incite xenophobia. Did these narratives shape anti-Chinese sentiment, and what are their foreign policy effects?

    Review of Development Economics | 06.2023

    Material and Nonmaterial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Low-Income Country

    How have COVID-19-related restrictions affected consumption levels and life satisfaction in low-income countries? The authors of this article conducted phone surveys with 577 households in Liberia to compare consumption patterns across three points in time.


    Forschungsprojekt | 01.10.2021 - 01.10.2022

    COVID-19 in Latin America: The Role of Social Protections for Households with Children

    This project analyzes the socio-economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the intervening role of social protections, on families with children in eight Latin American countries. The region, with high levels of inequality, labor informality, and urbanization, has been particularly hard hit by both pandemic deaths and economic effects. The social protection responses, however, have varied dramatically, from a massive emergency assistance plan in Brazil to virtually no additional cash transfer aid in Mexico.
    DFG, 2021-2022

    Dr. Juliana Martínez Franzoni

    Universidad de Costa Rica

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.10.2021 - 15.04.2022

    Investigating Supply & Demand Side Factors of a Massive Covid-19 Vaccination Drive: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia

    Indonesia is fighting one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia. On January 13, 2021, the country started one of the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccination drives. The plan is to inoculate 181.5 million people – two third of the population – in 15 months using primarily the CoronaVac from China’s Sinovac Biotech. The vaccination campaign is ambitious and its success hinges on a number of supply and demand side factors which are subject to investigation in this project.
    DFG, 2021-2022

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.03.2021 - 30.09.2022

    Corona Conflicts? Analysing Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Violent Conflict in Africa

    At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, decision-makers warned that the pandemic might lead to more violent conflict in fragile states, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This project engages in a mixed-methods approach to study related relationships.
    Volkswagen Foundation, 2021-2022


    Infografik | 02.2024

    European Governments and Covid-19: Unmasking the Nexus of Narratives and Policy Responses

    Why have governments with similar political institutions, cultures, and development levels reacted so differently to the COVID-19 pandemic? Summary and visualization by Eduardo Valencia of 'Pandemic narratives and policy responses: west European governments and Covid-19' by Amrita Narlikar and Cecilia Emma Sottilotta.

    GIGA Focus Global | 3/2023

    Military Involvement in COVID-19 Responses: Comparing Asia and Latin America

    Während der COVID-19-Pandemie haben viele Länder in Asien und Lateinamerika das Militär für ein breites Spektrum von Aktivitäten mobilisiert. Dieser GIGA-Focus zeigt, dass die Beteiligung des Militärs an der Pandemiebekämpfung nicht unbedingt eine Bedrohung für Demokratie und Menschenrechte darstellte.

    Video | 07.2023

    COVID-19 and Violent Actors in the Global South: An Inter- and Cross-Regional Comparison

    This trend analysis examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.

    Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Gleichstellung, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg | 02.10.2024 - 08.10.2024

    Ghana Delegation Trip

    Organisation: Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Gleichstellung, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Dr. Julia Grauvogel (Berater:in)

    Senior Research Fellow Dr Julia Grauvogel took part in a delegation trip to Ghana from 2 to 8 October 2024. The trip was organised by the Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research, Equalities and Districts (BWFGB) under the leadership of Second Mayor and Senator for Science Katharina Fegebank. The delegation's intensive discussions led to promising research collaborations.

    Präsidentin (ad interim)

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach leitet das GIGA als Präsidentin (ad interim).

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

    Regionalinstitute

    Afrika|Asien|Lateinamerika|Nahost

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