Oxford Policy Management’s covid-19 response – monthly update
July 2020
Welcome to July's monthly round-up of expert thinking from OPM, including a blog looking at the opportunities arising from the UK's DFID/FCO merger, a new episode of OPM’s policy in pandemics podcast with Katie Dooley from the Tony Blair Institute, and our guide to epidemiological modelling. Visit our covid-19 response page for ongoing updates, and sign up to this newsletter if you’ve not already done so.
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After the pandemic: a global UK?
OPM's Mark Henstridge and Stevan Lee, and the University of Oxford's Christopher Adam, discuss ways the UK could catalyse and lead global support for low-income African countries' recovery.
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Guide to epidemiological modelling of covid-19
An in-depth guide drawing on our work with the Covid-19 International Modelling Consortium (CoMo) and the University of Oxford.
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Covid in Africa: a smouldering crisis
In our latest policy in pandemics podcast, Kate Dooley from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change discusses the potential for - and responses to - an 'unprecedented policy crisis' in Africa. Listen on Soundcloud or Spotify.
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Governance in a joined-up world? The UK's DFID/FCO merger
Ben French makes the case that the ministries' merger, though likely to be complex and messy, may present chances to deliver development assistance more effectively, and with greater benefit to both the UK and aid recipients.
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Covid, workers, and labour reforms in India
Unleashing the labour market's potential will require both administrative reforms and resolution of long-standing policy issues - including around labourers' rights, write Alok Rajan and Ishani Tikku.
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