[topo](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/issue/view/4583) INTRODUCTORY PAPER [Governmental responses to COVID-19 Pandemic](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83138/78998) Alketa Peci Fundação Getulio Vargas / (Brazil) Claudia Nancy Avellaneda Indiana University Bloomington / (United States) Kohei Suzuki Leiden University / (The Netherlands) --------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL DISTANCING STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE PANDEMIC [How many could have been saved? Effects of social distancing on COVID-19](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83026/78920) Matheus Cunha Universidade Federal de Pernambuco / (Brazil) Amanda Domingos Universidade Federal de Pernambuco / (Brazil) Virginia Rocha Universidade Federal de Pernambuco / (Brazil) Marcus Torres Universidade Federal de Pernambuco / (Brazil) --------------------------------------------------------------- [The effect of state-level social distancing policy stringency on mobility in the states of Brazil](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83139/78999) Lorena G. Barberia Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) Luiz G. R. Cantarelli Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) Maria Leticia Claro de Faria Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) Natália de Paula Moreira Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) Isabel Seelaender Costa Rosa Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) --------------------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES TO THE PANDEMIC: COUNTRY LEVEL RESPONSES [Politics, pandemics, and support: the role of political actors in Dutch state aid during COVID-19](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83140/79000) Erin Sullivan Leiden University / (The Netherlands) Emily Anne Wolff Leiden University / (The Netherlands) --------------------------------------------------------------- [How did the UK government face the global COVID-19 pandemic?](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83142/79001) Tamiris Cristhina Resende University of Kent / (United Kingdom) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte / (Brazil) Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto Universidade do Oeste Paulista / (Brazil) Stephen Peckham University of Kent / (United Kingdom) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine / (United Kingdom) Claudia Souza Passador Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) João Luiz Passador Universidade de São Paulo / (Brazil) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Municipal Responses to COVID-19: the case of library closures in New South Wales local government](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83146/79002) Andrea Wallace University of New England / (Australia) Brian Dollery University of New England / (Australia) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Multi-level governance tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in China](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83147/79003) Niedja de Andrade e Silva Forte dos Santos Universidade de Lisboa / (Portugal) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Estonian response to COVID-19 pandemic: learning, cooperation, and the advantages of being a small country](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83148/79004) Ringa Raudla Tallinn University of Technology / (Estonian) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Policy Responses to fight COVID-19; the case of Ghana](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83149/79005) Joseph Antwi-Boasiako University of Ghana / (Ghana) Charles Othniel A. Abbey University for Development Studies / (Ghana) Patrick Ogbey KDI School of Public Policy and Management / (South Korea) Rita Amponsah Ofori University of Ghana / (Ghana) --------------------------------------------------------------- [COVID-19 monetary transfer in El Salvador: determining factors](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83150/79006) Carlos Ayala Durán Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / (Brazil) --------------------------------------------------------------- [The impact of COVID-19 on education provision to indigenous people in Mexico](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83151/79007) Elida Sánchez-Cruz Universidad Veracruzana / (México) Alfred Masinire University of the Witwatersrand / (South Africa) Enrique Vez López Universidad Veracruzana / (México) --------------------------------------------------------------- [The costs and benefits of duality: Colombia's decentralization and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83152/79008) Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez Texas Tech University / (United States) Pablo Sanabria-Pulido Universidad de los Andes / (Colombia) Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas / (México) --------------------------------------------------------------- [How does a populist government interpret and face a health crisis? Evidence from the Mexican populist response to COVID-19](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83153/79009) Cesar Renteria Centro de investigación y Docencia Económicas / (México) David Arellano-Gault Centro de investigación y Docencia Económicas / (México) --------------------------------------------------------------- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COVID-19: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, CONTEXT, POLICY RESPONSES AND EFFECTIVENESS [The hydroxychloroquine alliance: how far-right leaders and alt-science preachers came together to promote a miracle drug](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83154/79010) Guilherme Casarões Fundação Getulio Vargas / (Brazil) David Magalhães Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo / (Brazil) Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado / (Brazil) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Comparing strategies against COVID-19: Italy and Switzerland](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83155/79011) Denita Cepiku University of Rome Tor Vergata / (Italy) Filippo Giordano LUMSA University / (Italy) Marco Meneguzzo University of Rome Tor Vergata / (Italy) University of Lugano / (Switzerland) --------------------------------------------------------------- [COVID-19 in Africa: a comparative analysis of early policy responses](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83156/79012) David Olusegun Sotola Stellenbosch University / (South Africa) Pregala Pillay Stellenbosch University / (South Africa) Hafte Gebreselassie Stellenbosch University / (South Africa) --------------------------------------------------------------- [The role of intergovernmental relations in response to a wicked problem: an analysis of the COVID-19 crisis in the BRICS countries](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83157/79013) Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Fundação Getulio Vargas / (Brazil) Fudan University / (China) Alexey G. Barabashev National Research University / (Russia) Christopher Tapscott University of Western Cape / (South Africa) Lisa Ingrid Thompson University of Western Cape / (South Africa) Haoqi Qian Fudan University / (China) --------------------------------------------------------------- [The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83158/79014) Anaís Medeiros Passos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina / (Brazil) Igor Acácio University of California / (United States) --------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORIAL INFORMATION [List of reviewers of 2020](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83159/79015) [Editorial information of 2020](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/83160/79017) [Editoria] [RAP](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rap) [Cadernos EBAPE.BR](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/cadernosebape) [Revista Portuguesa e Brasileira de Gestão](http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rgplp/index) [linha] [DICOM](https://portal.fgv.br/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fgv-brazil/) [LinkedIn](https://www.facebook.com/FGVBrazil) [Facebook](https://www.instagram.com/fgvbrazil/) [Instagram](https://twitter.com/FGVBrazil) [Twitter](https://www.tiktok.com/@fgv.oficial) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/fgvbrazil) [Mais](https://portal.fgv.br/en/social-media) [Mais](https://portal.fgv.br/redes-sociais)