Close the Gap: Accelerating Post-pandemic Recovery through Social Justice

Sonny N. Domingo, Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep and Ma. Christina Epetia

No DP 2022-36, Discussion Papers from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: Socioeconomic disparities run deep in the Philippines, but the COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these inequities. Globally, there is a renewed sense of urgency to break these inequities and place social justice at the front and center of the post-COVID recovery. Social justice is about redressing power imbalances, assuring the protection of equal access to liberties, rights, and opportunities, and distributing the benefits, risks, and costs among peoples across generations. This paper examined the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the following sectors: health, labor and education, and environment, as well as the deep-seated structural and systems challenges that could explain these disparities. Avenues for insightful discourses and genuine reforms are needed to address concerns on human capital development and social protection and environment resilience and climate change. Comments to this paper are welcome within 60 days from the date of posting. Email publications@pids.gov.ph.

Keywords: social justice; inequality; COVID-19; social protection; labor; education; health; environment; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51
Date: 2022
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