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POST COVID-19 RECOVERY WITHOUT A CAPABLE STATE IS A FANTASY

The Covid-19 coronavirus has plunged the world into what seems like coordinated chaos. No country has escaped its nasty and destructive invasion. Responses have included shutting economic activities and restricting citizens to unprecedented quarantine measures. What to do about containing its rapid spread is a global work in progress. No one has the best approach. An unprecedented global effort to develop an urgently needed vaccine is yet to yield promising prospects.

What Covid-19 has exposed with shocking clarity is that the compelling challenge for state leaders is to project a clear understanding of the

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