Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Summary -- Section I: Introduction -- Part A: Framing the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Quality of Governance is Key -- Pre-Determinants -- Critical Uncertainties -- Dual-Path Recovery -- Section II: Evidence -- Part B: Insights in Politics -- Approaches to Politics -- Organisation of Cities -- Healthcare Provision -- Part C: Insights in Economic Policy -- Changes in Economic Activity -- Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy -- Innovation -- Part D: The Prevalence of COVID-19 -- Geographical Effects -- Healthcare Resource Capacity
Study of Governmental Effectiveness -- Global Cost of Manufacturing and Deploying a COVID-19 Vaccine -- Section III: Analysis and Recommendations -- Part E: Country Case Studies -- New Zealand -- Singapore -- China -- Hong Kong SAR -- Sweden -- The United States -- Canada -- Part F: Long-Term Forecast Model for Global Growth -- Part G: Possible Scenarios -- Cooperative World -- Fragmented World -- Antagonistic World -- Summary of Scenarios -- Part H: Recommendations -- Recommendations at the Global Level -- Recommendations at the Regional Level -- Recommendations at the National Level
Consolidated Insights and Recommendations -- Section IV: The Post-covid World -- Part I: The World after the Pandemic -- Postscript -- APPENDICES & ENDNOTES -- Appendix I: Methodology used in Part D -- Appendix II: Index of Figures -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- About Future-Moves Group
Summary
COVID-19 is the most challenging crisis the world has faced for almost a century. As a truly global pandemic, there is not a single country on earth - or even a single person - immune to the economic, political and social impact of the devastating virus. This book analyses the coronavirus crisis in unparalleled depth. The author begins in section one by framing the COVID-19 pandemic by categorically identifying variables and factors central to understanding how COVID-19 has panned out. This is followed in section two with an examination of the pandemic in the realms of politics, public health
