Don’t let a “good” crisis go to waste: One-upmanship in local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Alvarez, Julian Thomas B., Guinto, Jahm Mae E., Capuno, Joseph J.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Local government—Philippines; Emergency management—Philippines; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- —Influence; Health Policy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11028
• Institution: De La Salle University

Unlike in previous crises, the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a crisis affecting all population groups, all economic sectors and all jurisdictions in the Philippines, as elsewhere. The impact of the COVID-19 vary across localities, however, partly due to differences in local government responses to t...