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This paper updates the analysis of the global macroeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in earlier papers by the authors with data as of late October 2020. It also extends the focus to Asian economies and explores four alternative policy interventions that are coordinated across all...
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This paper studies the evolution of the natural interest rate in five Southeast Asian countries and considers the effect of economic shocks on the natural interest rate in these countries. The natural interest rate is the interest rate that would prevail in an economy in equilibrium and in the...
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Since the first quarter of 2020, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries have faced significant hardship due to the economic shocks related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions arise, however, regarding the extent to which MSMEs' hardship has varied between...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing economic and broader development challenges as never before. Policy lessons from Asia … inequality and environmental challenges increased the region's vulnerabilities. The post-pandemic recovery in Asia and the …
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online survey data of MSMEs from eight developing economies in South, Southeast, and Northeast Asia, this paper attempts to …
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This paper summarizes unprecedented adverse health and economic impacts as well as policy responses in the Asia and … Pacific region and the rest of the world generated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. By the end of 2020 …, over 80 million people had been infected, with developing Asia accounting for 17% of cases. As the pandemic progressed, the …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has badly affected economic activities. In emerging Asia, where small family businesses play …) and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) regions, this study investigates the role of coping strategies … mechanisms of business households in emerging Asia, which is important to encourage a recovery of the family business sector from …
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Evidence shows that there are numerous socioeconomic and environmental benefits from improved sanitation; conversely, numerous studies have explored the lack of access to basic sanitation and its negative impact on gross domestic product (GDP). This paper establishes the positive impacts on GDP...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged global economies with unparalleled negative shock. Asia and Latin America have … America and Asia, such as the Latin American balance-of-payment crisis in the 1980s and a number of Latin American banking … challenged with worse debt dynamics and more limited access to dollar liquidity. Asia, instead, seems to have developed a much …
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This paper reviews the effectiveness of unconventional monetary policies and their relevance for emerging markets. Such policies may be useful either when interbank rates fall to zero, or when a credit crunch or rise in risk premium impairs the normal transmission mechanism of monetary policy....
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