The virus that caused a localized shock in China is now causing a widely spread panic throughout the world. Using a typical local analysis, this study evaluates the probable impact of COVID-19 on GDP, tourism, poverty, employment, household income, exchange rates, remittance Under-utilization of...

This paper analyses impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Croatian tourism. The analysis is based on data on tourism arrivals, overnight stays and tourist beds in the period January - September in 2019 and 2020, as later data for 2020 was not available at the moment of writing. Generated from the...

The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing economic and broader development challenges as never before. Policy lessons from Asia and the Pacific's past experience in dealing with shocks show that focusing on economic growth alone is not enough. Rising inequality and environmental challenges increased the...