What is COVID-19’s impact on development? What lessons can be drawn from development studies regarding the effects of and recovery from COVID-19? The unprecedented scale and scope of government interventions carry implications at all levels: global, national, and local. In this introduction, our team of Editors underline the importance of systematic substantive study to further knowledge acquisition, and rigorous global-, national-, or context-specific evaluation to inform evidence-based policymaking. The 12 articles summarised here capture these values and sense of “high quality”. In particular, despite early considerations in the first year of the pandemic, they illuminate the need for diverse responses beyond business-as-usual, attention to the multiplicity of impact of policies formulated, and progressive strategies to counteract the impacts of this disaster around the world. The path of future research is clear: studies need to consider and give voice to marginalised groups to counteract the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic.

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COVID-19 在国内外的发展影响：政治和政府行动的影响

COVID-19 对发展的影响是什么？从关于 COVID-19 的影响和恢复的发展研究中可以吸取哪些经验教训？前所未有的政府干预规模和范围对各个层面都有影响：全球、国家和地方。在本介绍中，我们的编辑团队强调了系统的实质性研究对进一步获取知识的重要性，以及严格的全球、国家或特定背景评估以告知基于证据的政策制定的重要性。这里总结的 12 篇文章抓住了这些价值观和“高品质”感。特别是，尽管在大流行的第一年进行了早期考虑，但它们阐明了除一切照旧之外采取多种应对措施的必要性，关注制定政策的多重影响，以及在世界范围内应对这场灾难的影响的渐进战略。未来研究的道路很明确：研究需要考虑边缘化群体并给予他们发言权，以抵消大流行的短期和长期影响。