{"title":"Issue Note 4. Walking the tightrope: Avoiding a lockdown while containing the virus","authors":"L. Mello","doi":"10.1787/9cc22d8c-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/9cc22d8c-en","url":null,"abstract":"Empirical work described in this paper explains the daily evolution of the reproduction rate, R, and mobility for a large sample of countries, in terms of containment and public health policies. This is with a view to providing insight into the appropriate policy stance as countries prepare for a potentially protracted period characterised by new infection waves. While a comprehensive package of containment measures may be necessary when the virus is widespread and can have a large effect on reducing R, they also have effect on mobility and, by extension, economic activity. A wide-ranging package of public health policies – with an emphasis on comprehensive testing, tracing and isolation, but also including mask-wearing and policies directed at vulnerable groups, especially those in care homes – offer the best approach to avoiding a full lockdown while containing the spread of the virus. Such policies may, however, need to be complemented by selective containment measures (such as restricting large public events and international travel or localised lockdowns) both to contain local outbreaks and because implementing some of the recommended public health policies may be difficult to achieve or have unacceptable social costs. JEL-Codes: C500, H100, H120, I180. run by the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS); a database on government responses to the coronavirus compiled by the CoronaNet Research Project; and the CCCSL dataset of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. These record press and government statements with regard to public policy interventions to reduce the spread of Covid19, obtained from media, government communications and press releases from the United Nations and other international organisations. For every variable, a search is carried out for one or several keywords and the results are evaluated and coded. A potential shortcoming of this approach is that government policies not discussed publicly, or not communicated actively, might not appear in these datasets and hence might not be included in the analysis.","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131341830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 and key workers: What role do migrants play in your region?","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/42847cb9-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/42847cb9-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128143016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 crisis response in South East European economies","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/c1aacb5a-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/c1aacb5a-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133073392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government financial management and reporting in times of crisis","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/3f87c7d8-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/3f87c7d8-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124703877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting goods across borders in times of COVID-19","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/972ada7a-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/972ada7a-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"407 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124330566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 crisis response in Central Asia","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/5305f172-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/5305f172-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122179353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: An overview of government responses to the crisis","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/0a2dee41-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/0a2dee41-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128054792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Covid-19 crisis: A catalyst for government transformation?","authors":"","doi":"10.1787/1d0c0788-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/1d0c0788-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132289443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The territorial impact of COVID-19: Managing the crisis across levels of government","authors":"Dorothée Allain-Dupré","doi":"10.1787/d3e314e1-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/d3e314e1-en","url":null,"abstract":"government This paper is developed by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE). It focuses on the territorial dimension of the COVID-19 crisis and the importance of the integrated response to the crisis across levels of government. The first draft of this note takes into account the developments of the crisis as of 3 April 2020. 1 It will support the work on the crisis and impact of COVID-19 of the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee. The note is a living document that will be regularly updated in the coming weeks. An updated version will be released in","PeriodicalId":312059,"journal":{"name":"OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122952203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}