National and Global Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Do Leaders Matter?

This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a country's preparedness in coping with a pandemic. 

Dr A.S. Bhalla is former Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK; Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa; Hallsworth Professorial Fellow, Manchester University and Research Associate, Yale University. He is the author of several books on different subjects including Asia's Trouble Spots: The Leadership Question in Conflict Resolution.