The Unintended Consequences of Information Provision : The World Health Organization and Border Restrictions during COVID-19
© The Author(s) (2022). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association..
Why do some international agreements fail to achieve their goals? Rather than states' engaging in cheap talk, evasion, or shallow commitments, the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR)-the agreement governing states' and WHO's response to global health emergencies-point to the unintended consequences of information provision. The IHR have a dual goal of providing public health protection from health threats while minimizing unnecessary interference in international traffic. As such, during major outbreaks WHO provides information about spread and severity, as well as guidance about how states should respond, primarily regarding border policies. During COVID-19, border restrictions such as entry restrictions, flight suspensions, and border closures have been commonplace even though WHO recommended against such policies when it declared the outbreak a public health emergency in January 2020. Building on findings from the 2014 Ebola outbreak, we argue that without raising the cost of disregarding (or the benefits of following) recommendations against border restrictions, information from WHO about outbreak spread and severity leads states to impose border restrictions inconsistent with WHO's guidance. Using new data from COVID-19, we show that WHO's public health emergency declaration and pandemic announcement are associated with increases in the number of states imposing border restrictions.
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2023 |
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24 |
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International studies perspectives - 24(2023), 1 vom: 06. Feb., Seite 39-66 |
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Englisch |
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Worsnop, Catherine Z [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Revised 22.09.2023 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.1093/isp/ekac010 |
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