Building Trust to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries
Developing countries have faced hard challenges in confronting coronavirus. Lacking trust in government could help explain why.
Margarita Gómez is the inaugural executive director of the People in Government Labat the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford University. Her research focuses on applying behavioral science in public policy and public administration. She studies honesty and motivation of public servants; people management; and gender and diversity. She founded and led the first Behavioural Unit in Mexico.
Developing countries have faced hard challenges in confronting coronavirus. Lacking trust in government could help explain why.