State Capacity in Emerging/Frontier Markets

India’s state capacity is much better than that of many richer and more developed economies:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/india/india-coronavirus-outbreak-explained-intl-hnk/index.html

""India didn't wait for the problem to escalate," India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on April 14, as he extended the country's 21-day nationwide lockdown until May 3. "Instead, as soon as the problem appeared, we tried to stop it by making swift decisions. I can't imagine what the situation would have been had such quick decisions not been taken."

India on lockdown: Impossible sums

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/04/23/indias-lockdown-has-brought-unexpected-benefits

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sits on a ticking coronavirus time bomb

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/05/01/brazils-bolsonaro-sits-ticking-coronavirus-time-bomb/

In Egypt, the Coronavirus Poses a Political Threat

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/30/egypt-sisi-coronavirus-political-threat/

Imams Overrule Pakistan’s Coronavirus Lockdown as Ramadan Nears

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/world/asia/pakistan-coronavirus-ramadan.html 

Pakistan’s dangerous capitulation to the religious right on the coronavirus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/01/pakistans-dangerous-capitulation-religious-right-coronavirus/