Intergovernmental Coordination, Accountability, Efficacy and Effectiveness of Economic and Social Policy Responses to COVID-19

The dataset contains a total of 23 economic and social policy responses to COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom. For each policy measure it provides information on the scope and objective, decision-making and intergovernmental coordination, accountability, efficacy, and effectiveness. For accounability, the dataset provides information and coding results about parliamentary debates, parliamentary voting and evaluation strategies. For efficicacy, the dataset provides information and coding results about timely implementation, accessibility, erros and fraud and territorial distribution. For effectiveness, the dataset provides information and coding results about goal attainment, the sustainability of goal attainment and the territorial consistency of goal attainment.

The information and assessment of each measure was prepared by experts with in-depth country knowledge, who triangulated evidence from government announcements and documentation, official agreements, meeting communiqués, parliamentary records, audit and research reports, external evaluations (e.g., European Commission, IMF, central banks, research institutions), statistical resources (e.g., national statistic agencies, Eurostat), and media reports.