Ahmad Farooq, Chowdhury Rashedur, Siedler Benjamin, Odek Wilson
Southampton Business School University of Southampton Southampton United Kingdom.
Michael Smurfit Business School University College Dublin Dublin Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock Ireland.
J Conting Crisis Manag. 2022 Sep;30(3):327-338. doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12405. Epub 2022 Mar 27.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming challenges to developing countries which are already resource-constrained and lack adequate social safety nets. Specifically, lockdown has adversely impacted marginalized communities (e.g., labourer, fish wholesaler and small business owner) and informal sector employees who rely on meager daily wages for their survival. Set in the contested climate of the emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Phulbari, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, we examine the early response of the community to the pandemic. Drawing on 24 in-depth interviews with members of this community, we find that the existing central and regional government structure has failed to deal with the crisis. Yet, we show how collective effort at the local community level, led by volunteers and community leaders, is crucial in the fight against hardship during lockdown.
新冠疫情给资源本就有限且缺乏完善社会安全网的发展中国家带来了巨大挑战。具体而言，封锁措施对边缘化群体（如劳工、鱼贩批发商和小企业主）以及依靠微薄日薪为生的非正规部门员工产生了不利影响。以孟加拉国迪纳杰布尔县富尔巴里应对新冠疫情紧急情况时充满争议的氛围为背景，我们研究了该社区对疫情的早期应对情况。通过对该社区成员进行24次深入访谈，我们发现现有的中央和地方政府架构未能应对这场危机。然而，我们展示了由志愿者和社区领袖引领的地方社区层面的集体努力，在封锁期间对抗艰难困苦方面至关重要。
