Decentralisation, intergovernmental coordination, and response to extreme events in Southeast Asia

Sarah Shair-Rosenfield

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2319716

Abstract: Despite common lessons learned during the SARS pandemic in 2003, country responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia have been very diverse, with many lacking coordination among government bodies. I consider how government structure and political decentralisation shape emergency response to extreme events, focusing on two of Southeast Asia’s largest decentralised countries, Indonesia and the Philippines. I explore variation in provincial-level responses and outcomes, showing that intergovernmental coordination can augment the beneficial aspects of decentralisation in world regions where human and economic costs associated with extreme events are high.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2319716

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