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Title:COVID-19 : an opportunity to redesign mobility towards greater sustainability and resilience? Author(s):SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/19; Florence School of Regulation; TransportAbstract:The Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) concept has recently attracted considerable interest among policy makers and the industry for its potential to improve the overall efficiency of the transport system and to reduce reliance ...
Title:COVID-19 : expanding access to essential supplies in a value chain world Author(s):FIORINI, Matteo ; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; YILDIRIM, Aydin Date:2020Citation:Richard E. BALDWIN and Simon J. EVENETT (eds), COVID-19 and trade policy : why turning inward won’t work, London : CEPR Press, 2020, pp. 63-76Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:Some governments have responded to shortages of medical supplies by imposing export controls and requisitioning domestic suppliers. This chapter examines several recent examples where restrictions and confiscations actually ...
Title:COVID-19 : export controls and international cooperation Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; FIORINI, Matteo ; YILDIRIM, Aydin Date:2020Citation:Richard E. BALDWIN and Simon J. EVENETT (eds), COVID-19 and trade policy : why turning inward won’t work, London : CEPR Press, 2020, pp. 77-87Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:As part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have restricted exports of medical products with the aim to allocate domestic supplies to national healthcare systems and citizens. However, these policies ...
Title:Covid-19 and China’s global image Author(s):ONNIS, BarbaraDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/57; Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia Project; [Europe in the World]Abstract:With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the PRC experienced one of its worst internal and international crises, in economic terms but above all in terms of image and prestige. The COVID-19 pandemic, in fact, came at a ...
Title:Covid-19 and international migration : elements of an analytical framework Author(s):FARGUES, Philippe Date:2021Citation:Nasra M. SHAH (ed.), Covid-19 crisis and Asian migration, Lahore : Lahore School of Economics, 2021, pp. 11-24Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:What are the links between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and international migration? The paper addresses the three following questions: 1. Are migrants more (or less) susceptible than non-migrants to get the ...
Title:COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies Author(s):ANDERSON, Bridget; POESCHEL, Friedrich Gerd ; RUHS, Martin Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/57; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic ...
Title:The covid-19 pandemic highlights the inadequacy of Sebha’s healthcare services Author(s):EL-FELLANI, RemaDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/17; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:The south western city of Sebha has had to deal with a multiplicity of crises over the past years. Since May 2020, the eruption of the Covid-19 pandemic has tested and ultimately overwhelmed the healthcare system. This ...
Title:The Covid-19 shock and services trade : explaining the heterogeneous decline Author(s):SHINGAL, Anirudh Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/85; Global Governance Programme-546; [Global Economics]Abstract:Global services trade declined by 20% during 2020 with significant heterogeneity across countries, geographical regions and sectors. The decline was correlated with COVID-19-case incidence; stringency of imposed lockdowns; ...
Title:The Covid-19 threat : an opportunity to rethink the European economic constitution and European private law Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang Date:2020Citation:European journal of risk regulation, 2020, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 249-255Type:Article
Title:COVID-19 trade policy measures, G20 declarations and WTO reform Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date:2020Citation:Simon EVENETT and Richard BALDWIN (eds), Revitalising multilateralism : pragmatic ideas for the new WTO director-general, London : CEPR Press, 2020, pp. 63-69Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:Many WTO members responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a mix of export controls and import liberalisation/trade-facilitating measures for medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) (facemasks, respirators, ...
Title:The Covid-19 vaccine production club : will value chains temper nationalism? Author(s):EVENETT, Simon; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; ROCHA, Nadia; RUTA, MicheleDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/36; Global Governance Programme-441; [Global Economics]Abstract:In the first two months of 2021, the production of COVID-19 vaccines has suffered setbacks delaying the implementation of national inoculation strategies. These delays have revealed the concentration of vaccine manufacture ...
Title:COVID-19, agri-food systems, and migrant labour : the situation in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden Editor(s):PALUMBO, Letizia ; CORRADO, AlessandraDate:2020Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI); 2020; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:Building on exhaustive Open Society European Policy Institute and European University Institute publications on migrant labour in the agri-food system in Southern and Northern Europe, this short brief focuses on the impact ...
Title:Covid-19, migrant workers and the resilience of social care in Europe Author(s):VAN HOOREN, FrancaDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Migration Policy Centre; MigResHub; Think Pieces; 2020/04Abstract:The Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of social care. In many countries, social care occupations have been put on lists of ‘essential occupations’, meaning that workers in these occupations were exempted ...
Title:COVID-19, public procurement regimes and trade policy Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SHINGAL, Anirudh ; EKNATH, Varun; ERESHCHENKO, ViktoriyaDate:2022Citation:The world economy, 2022, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 409-429Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyses a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Using weekly data on ...
Title:COVID-19, public procurement regimes and trade policy Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SHINGAL, Anirudh ; EKNATH, Varun; ERESHCHENKO, ViktoriyaDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/72; Global Governance Programme-416; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Using weekly data on ...
Title:COVID-19-related anxieties do not decrease support for liberal democracy Author(s):ANGHEL, Veronica ; SCHULTE-CLOOS, Julia Date:2023Citation:European journal of political research, 2023, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 660-673Type:ArticleAbstract:The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread fear among the population. Early studies suggested that this resulted in exclusionary attitudes and increased support for discriminatory policy measures. We still lack an understanding ...
Title:Covid-19-related travel restrictions and mobility rights : a test for international human rights standards and EU citizenship Author(s):JERÓNIMO, Patrícia Date:2020Citation:UNIO – EU law journal, 2020, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 3-14Type:ArticleAbstract:While there is still much that we do not know about COVID-19, it has by now become abundantly clear that, far from being “the great equalizer” or a catalyst for international solidarity, the disease is disproportionately ...
Title:Creating a common European mobility data space Author(s):MONTERO-PASCUAL, Juan J.; FINGER, Matthias ; DE ABREU DUARTE, Francisco Miguel Date:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2023/02; Florence School of Regulation; [Transport]Abstract:Transforming Europe into a climate neutral economy by 2050 in line with the European Green Deal places a particular responsibility on the transport sector, which accounts for a quarter of the Union’s total greenhouse gas ...
Title:Creating a Common Market for Fraud and Corruption in the European Union: an Institutional Accident, or a Deliberate Strategy? Author(s):WARNER, Carolyn M.Date:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2002/31; European Forum
Title:Creating an Internal Market in Energy: How Can the Tools be More Effective? Author(s):CAMERON, Peter D.Date:2005Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2005/01; Energy