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Yet relatively few parliaments have been fully able to do so. Countries with low levels of parliamentary scrutiny are much more likely to have implemented limited responses to COVID-19, with fewer social distancing restrictions and financial assistance programmes put in place.
Impacts
Countries with lower scrutiny face a greater risk of corruption in the management of COVID-19 equipment and resources.
Lack of provision for marginalised communities during the pandemic will deepen their long-term structural disadvantages.
Post-pandemic, weaker parliaments will struggle to roll back emergency powers assumed by government to fight the current crisis.
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