Regional Economic Outlook, October 2020, Asia and Pacific: Navigating the Pandemic: A Multispeed Recovery in Asia

October 22, 2020

Summary

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is still unfolding around the globe. In Asia, as elsewhere, the virus has ebbed in some countries but surged in others. The global economy is beginning to recover after a sharp contraction in the second quarter of 2020, as nationwide lockdowns are lifted and replaced with more targeted containment measures.

Subject: COVID-19, Crisis management, Crisis recovery and resolution planning, Economic forecasting, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Gender inequality, Health, Income distribution, Income inequality, Loss of jobs, Monetary policy, Poverty and inequality, Regional Economic Outlook

Keywords: containment measure, disproportionate impact, exit strategy, inequality, job loss, labor market survey, lockdowns, recovery, REO, reopening, risk, uncertainty, virus containment, virus transmission rate

Pages:
35
Volume:
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513558202.086
Issue:
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Series:
REO
Stock No:
REOAPDEA2020002
ISBN:
9781513558202
ISSN:
2707-8086

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