🆕 How Rwanda used industrial policy to slow the spread of COVID-19 Today on VoxDev, Kieran Byrne (QMUL), Florence Kondylis (World Bank), John Loeser & Denis Mukama (Rwanda Revenue Authority) discuss licensing textile manufacturers to produce masks: https://ow.ly/PnBY50YSki7
How Rwanda used industrial policy to slow the spread of COVID-19
Rwandan industrial policy, which licensed and supported textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, successfully reduced mask prices, increased mask uptake, and slowed the spread of COVID-19. The intervention averted contagion at a cost of just $10 per averted case, suggesting strategic industrial policy has a clear role in pandemic preparedness.
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