Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments
The objective of the paper is to understand how Senegal formulated its policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The response was rapid, comprising conventional policy instruments used previously for containing Ebola. The policymaking process involved several agencies, which resulted in significant...
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| description | The objective of the paper is to understand how Senegal formulated its policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The response was rapid, comprising conventional policy instruments used previously for containing Ebola. The policymaking process involved several agencies, which resulted in significant leadership and coordination problems. In addition, community participation and engagement with relevant scientific communities were limited, despite their recognized importance in fighting medical crises. Instead, international donors had a significant influence on the choice of policy tools. The paper contributes to contemporary thinking on the autonomy of policy instruments—the idea that preferences for policy instruments are stable, independent of the particular policy problems being addressed and goals being pursued—which has recently been applied to policies in Africa. The study calls for a review of how academics, civil society, and decision-makers must collaborate to design public policies and policy tools based on evidence and context, not only politics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb364460106445fe9733426efcce83f62022-12-22T02:15:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPolicy Design and Practice2574-12922022-07-015332634510.1080/25741292.2022.2068400Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instrumentsValéry Ridde0Adama Faye1CEPED, IRD-University of Paris, ERL INSERM SAGESUD, Paris, FranceInstitute of Health and Development (ISED), Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, SenegalThe objective of the paper is to understand how Senegal formulated its policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The response was rapid, comprising conventional policy instruments used previously for containing Ebola. The policymaking process involved several agencies, which resulted in significant leadership and coordination problems. In addition, community participation and engagement with relevant scientific communities were limited, despite their recognized importance in fighting medical crises. Instead, international donors had a significant influence on the choice of policy tools. The paper contributes to contemporary thinking on the autonomy of policy instruments—the idea that preferences for policy instruments are stable, independent of the particular policy problems being addressed and goals being pursued—which has recently been applied to policies in Africa. The study calls for a review of how academics, civil society, and decision-makers must collaborate to design public policies and policy tools based on evidence and context, not only politics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25741292.2022.2068400Designpolicy instrumenthealth policyevaluationSenegalCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Valéry Ridde Adama Faye Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments Policy Design and Practice Design policy instrument health policy evaluation Senegal COVID-19 |
| title | Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments |
| title_full | Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments |
| title_fullStr | Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments |
| title_short | Policy response to COVID-19 in Senegal: power, politics, and the choice of policy instruments |
| title_sort | policy response to covid 19 in senegal power politics and the choice of policy instruments |
| topic | Design policy instrument health policy evaluation Senegal COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25741292.2022.2068400 |
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