TY - GEN N2 - This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a country's preparedness in coping with a pandemic. Dr A.S. Bhalla is former Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK. DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-29521-8 DO - doi AB - This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a country's preparedness in coping with a pandemic. Dr A.S. Bhalla is former Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK. T1 - National and global responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic :do leaders matter? / AU - Bhalla, A. S., CN - RA644.C67 ID - 1475896 KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- SN - 9783031295218 SN - 3031295218 TI - National and global responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic :do leaders matter? / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-29521-8 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-29521-8 ER -