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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">LDS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Leadership and Developing Societies</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2399-2859</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>African Leadership Centre</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47697/lds.38380011</article-id>
      <article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Cover Note</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
      <title-group><article-title>COVER NOTE: COVID-19 Special Issue</article-title></title-group>
      <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Walsh</surname><given-names>Barney</given-names></name><aff>African Leadership Centre, King's College London</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><year>2025</year><month>3</month><day>28</day></pub-date>
      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage><lpage>iii</lpage>
      <permissions><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"><license-p>This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</license-p></license></permissions>
      <kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><kwd>COVID-19</kwd></kwd-group>
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