Global Oil Crisis and Early COVID-19 Strategic Containment Responses in Africa: The Nigerian Experience

Victor Chidubem Iwuoha

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2022, vol. 78, issue 1, 47-67

Abstract: African countries have been hit by a dual shock of COVID-19 pandemic and global oil crisis, which have caused severe economic and social disruptions. Most studies shed light on the correlates between COVID-19 and the global oil crisis, including their economic impacts on oil producing/exporting countries. However, the objective of this study is to examine the effects of the global oil crisis on the implementation of World Health Organization’s (WHO) healthcare and public health measures to contain COVID-19 in Nigeria. Empirical data from Nigeria was collected and analysed using content analysis based on WHO’s methodology. There was low level of healthcare preparedness and emergency response capacities to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health measures against COVID-19 such as lockdowns and social distancing policies were poorly implemented at the expense of the people without adequate countercyclical stimulus packages and palliatives.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; World Health Organization; global oil crisis; rentier state; oil-export diversification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068471

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