Covid-19 has proved to be the ultimate stress test for governance capacities all over the world. In developing countries like Bangladesh, it has exposed serious gaps in the governance of critical sectors, notably healthcare and social protection, intensifying the ‘lives vs livelihoods’ crisis of the pandemic. In a webinar on Thursday, 29 July, researchers from BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University and the Accountability Research Center at the American University, USA, shared their findings from a recent study, to be published in State of Governance in Bangladesh 2020-21, a flagship report of BIGD.
Covid-19 has proved to be the ultimate stress test for governance capacities all over the world. In developing countries like Bangladesh, it has exposed serious gaps in the governance of critical sectors, notably healthcare and social protection, intensifying the ‘lives vs livelihoods’ crisis of the pandemic. In a webinar on Thursday, 29 July, researchers from BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University and the Accountability Research Center at the American University, USA, shared their findings from a recent study, to be published in State of Governance in Bangladesh 2020-21, a flagship report of BIGD.