Management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala through the lens of state capacity and clientelism

Jos Chathukulam and Manasi Joseph

No wp-2022-60, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: During the first wave of COVID-19 infections, Kerala, a state in southern India, successfully managed to contain the pandemic. As a result, the Kerala model of managing the COVID-19 pandemic was celebrated as a success across the globe. However, at the time of writing, it looks like the celebrations were a bit premature and the failure to contain the spurt in COVID-19 infections in the state in a second wave also ascertains this fact. While the rest of India recovered from the second wave of COVID-19 infections, Kerala struggled to bring the pandemic under control.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; State capacity; Clientelism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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