As Socrates said, we, human beings, are social animals. Human development has presupposed active human interactions. Human mobility and direct communications are keys for better trade and to share [...]
In order to introduce the right response (as well as recovery) measure, it is important for a country to understand the impact of COVID-19 to its economy. Correlating economic [...]
Laos has remained free from new cases of Covid-19 infection for 16 consecutive days (up to 30 April). Although the national taskforce of the country has urged residents to [...]
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic we have begun to analyze, forecast and speculate the impact on economies, societies, political systems, governance mechanisms, and on many more areas. [...]
THE movement control order (MCO) has done a very good job of decreasing the current wave of the pandemic but it has only deferred the pandemic. We need to [...]
The novel coronavirus is making us realize the importance of issues we used to disregard, things we took for granted or measures for change we just kept postponing. We [...]
Despite the limited medical facilities, the developing country with a population of nearly 100 million, has contained the deadly virus. There have been only 270 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 [...]
A projected 8.5 million people of Indonesia will fall into poverty this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. In the worst-case scenario, Southeast [...]
as the lockdown has put lives in a standstill, the economy has also felt the pressure in various forms. Disruption in supply chain has compelled farmers to either throw [...]
The coronavirus pandemic has magnified and exposed social imbalances in the Asia-Pacific region – underscoring the importance of financial inclusion as well as environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). [...]
We’ve already seen that Covid-19 is no “great leveller”. Poorer people are at greater risk of catching the virus and are more likely to suffer the worst effects of [...]
During this kind of pandemic, challenges like sharing workspaces, keeping up mental health, and managing home are very difficult for everyone. Also, “Working from home”- this terminology is not [...]
