Abstract
: This article aimed to analyzed and compared good governance experiences on local government cope with Covid-19 between Indonesia and Thailand. The methodology of this article was a qualitative approach based on the secondary data from case of local government of Indonesia in Tegal City and Thailand in Chang Puak Sub-district. The finding of this article was in Indonesia case could argued that the effectiveness, openness, and transparency of the government in coping with Covid-19 are the keys to improve the people economy in Tegal City. Also, the administrators Government of Tegal should be responsive to evaluate ineffective methods in preventing the spread of Covid-19 and switch to more effective and efficient ways. In the meantime, in Thailand case, sorely local government could not cope with Covid-19 pandemic, but the cooperated between Thailand Village Health Volunteer and local government were the best operation to stop the Covid-19 outbreak. Moreover, the most foremost hinder in both Thailand and Indonesia were the central government that centralize authority. In Indonesia, the central policy was the obstacle to allow local government acted, while in Thailand the emergency decree was the main hinder for local government management. Finally, both local government in Thailand and Indonesia were struggled and tried to cope with Covid-19 in a right way of good governance track even though they had a limited authority and willing to support their community.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become the main concern for the international community after the first case was reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) Office in Wuhan City, China[1]
The widespread of COVID-19 created a challenged on good governance in both central and local government
The good governance on Tegal city in Indonesia shown that the effectiveness, openness, and transparency of the government in coping with Covid-19 are the keys to improve the people economy in Tegal City
Summary
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become the main concern for the international community after the first case was reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) Office in Wuhan City, China[1]. At the end of January 2020, this disease continues to grow and spread rapidly to various countries around the globe, such as Thailand, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and France, which earlier reported the first case of COVID-19 outside. Even countries that are known for having an advanced health system are made desperate to deal with this virus. In Europe, Italy, which is famous for having an excellent health system, was reported as the number one country with the most COVID-19 victims[2]. The United States, as a developed country, experienced the problem with Italy in dealing with this virus[3]
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