How Have Europe's Outermost Regions Dealt with the Economic and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis? Effects, Policies and Recommendations

Sébastien Bourdin (), Victoire Cottereau (), François Hermet (), Philippe Jean-Pierre and Eduardo Medeiros
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Sébastien Bourdin: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Victoire Cottereau: CUFR - Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Mayotte (CUFR)
François Hermet: CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion
Philippe Jean-Pierre: CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion, IAE La Réunion - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - La Réunion - UR - Université de La Réunion
Eduardo Medeiros: ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

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Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature by documenting how regions have experienced and managed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, particularly for regions that are largely understudied and whose territorial characteristics (related to hyper-remoteness and poverty) deserve greater attention. To this end, the study investigated regional strategy and planning documents and conducted 32 semi-structured interviews with public authority representatives, sectoral actors and civil society groups. The findings show the socio-economic consequences of the crisis and local policy responses. The study proposes a reflection in terms of public policies on what could be the `world after' in the outermost regions, and highlights how the COVID-19 crisis presented an opportunity to design and implement future territorial development policies that are more adapted to the context and territorial characteristics of these regions. Building a resilience policy in the outermost regions requires strengthening the territories' capacities, which involves their structural equipment.

Keywords: COVID-19; Local policies; Outermost regions; Poverty; Remoteness; Smallness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Regional Science Policy and Practice, 2023, 15 (8), pp.1820-1841. ⟨10.1111/rsp3.12690⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12690

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