Papers and Briefs

This brief explores new challenges and opportunities that are emerging amid the prolonged, partial, or full university closures in Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

This study investigates the dynamic impact of social distancing policy on COVID-19 infection control, mobility of people, and consumption expenditures in the Republic of Korea.

This study examines the economic impacts of COVID-19-related school closures in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels along with the implications to future labor productivity in Asia and the Pacific.

Bilateral remittance inflows are countercyclical against the business cycle of a remittance-receiving country relative to a sending country.

A central bank’s announcement related to the asset purchase program can significantly restore confidence in domestic macroeconomic and financial variables during a period of uncertainty.

Policy efforts must focus on creating greater demand for renewable energy-based power and enforcing compliance with renewable purchase obligations in the country.

The outbreak of the COVID -19 virus and the resulting drop in demand are having a severe impact on Asian economies and, by extension, Asian households.

Households cope with health shocks mainly by borrowing from more sources, which leads to overindebtedness.

This paper examines tax revenue mobilization in developing Asia before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and in 2020.

本文讨论了促进中国经济整体增长的短期措施和长期政策建议。