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What does COVID-19 tell us about the Peruvian health system? (2020)
Journal Article
Gianella, C., Gideon, J., & Romero, M. J. (2021). What does COVID-19 tell us about the Peruvian health system?. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 42(1-2), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2020.1843009

Peru seemed well placed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a country that had achieved sustained economic growth and moved towards achieving universal health coverage. However, Peru has one of the highest rates of transmission and mortality world... Read More about What does COVID-19 tell us about the Peruvian health system?.

Never let a pandemic go to waste: turbocharging the private sector for development at the World Bank (2020)
Journal Article
Dimakou, O., Romero, M. J., & Van Waeyenberge, E. (2021). Never let a pandemic go to waste: turbocharging the private sector for development at the World Bank. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 42(1/2), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2020.1839394

This article scrutinises the first four months of the World Bank Group’s Covid-19 response and reveals a persistent prioritisation of private over public interests. The Group’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, and its financ... Read More about Never let a pandemic go to waste: turbocharging the private sector for development at the World Bank.