The injunction to “never let a good crisis go to waste” almost has the status of a policy directive in Bangladesh. Was there ever a country so adept at learning from its disasters? Cyclones, floods, and famine have helped the state figure out its priorities (protecting Bangladeshis), and strategies for delivering on them (building systems that prevent rather than react to crises). Now new research suggests that Covid-19 has been a moment for learning and institutional re-orientation, this time about the value of systematic citizen feedback and response.
The injunction to “never let a good crisis go to waste” almost has the status of a policy directive in Bangladesh. Was there ever a country so adept at learning from its disasters? Cyclones, floods, and famine have helped the state figure out its priorities (protecting Bangladeshis), and strategies for delivering on them (building systems that prevent rather than react to crises). Now new research suggests that Covid-19 has been a moment for learning and institutional re-orientation, this time about the value of systematic citizen feedback and response.
