RC19 Open Session Global South emerging economies

This is an open panel for papers broadly dealing with social policy issues and recent changes in global social policy in the post-pandemic world and the increasingly authoritarian context. We also welcome here papers dealing with social policy more broadly. The impact of COVID19 has globally impacted workers in low-wage jobs, women and especially mothers of school-aged children, workers who are racialized, immigrant, and/or indigenous, youth and children. It has also had draconian impacts on per capita income and economic growth rates, particularly in the Global South (Emerging Economies).