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    ISAS Special Reports

    Collation of viewpoints and perspectives from ISAS events

    The COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on South Asia

    Archana Atmakuri, Chulanee Attanayake, Keshav Bashyal, Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Muhammad Bin Khalid, Shivshankar Menon, Deeparghya Mukherjee, Karthik Nachiappan, Amitendu Palit, MMd Mustafizur Rahman , Vinod Rai, Dipinder S Randhawa, Amit Ranjan, Ronojoy Sen, Iqbal Singh Sevea, S Narayan and Bilesha Weeraratne

    1 October 2020

    10.48561/nsay-qsbt

    The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc to lives and livelihoods across the world. South Asia has been most impacted by the outbreak, which has thrown astray all strategies for socio-economic growth in the region. A recent World Bank report has indicated that regional growth will fall to between 1.8 per cent and 2.8 per cent in 2020, down from 6.3 per cent projected six months ago.

    The Institute of South Asian Studies has collated papers on the COVID-19 outbreak in South Asia prepared by its researchers and invited scholars into a Special Report. It offers a comprehensive coverage of the pandemic and its impact on the South Asian countries. Among other, it discusses issues relating to the economy, migration and remittances, tourism, public health and online battles.