Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific. towards post-COVID-19 resilient economies

The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis like no other. It also offers opportunities like no other. In being forced to adjust, we have seen lives, workplaces and habits transformed in fundamental ways. This chapter discusses at length how excessive focus on economic growth over the last decades led to the neglect and weakening of buffers against economic and non-economic shocks. The chapter identifies existing socioeconomic fault lines and outlines how changes in economic policymaking can make a difference in building resilience. Even with the unprecedented economic and social damage that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the region, it presents an opportunity to build forward better towards a resilient, inclusive and sustainable future.
Chapter 1. Building Resilience Requires Change -- Chapter 2. Macroeconomic Outlook: Uncertain Turnaround after an Unprecedented Recession -- Chapter 3. Understanding Resilience: Lessons from Past Crisesand Recoveries -- Chapter 4. Building Forward Better: Policy Scenarios -- Chapter 5. Building Forward Better: Fiscal and Financing Policies -- Chapter 6. Towards a Resilient Future.

110 p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-110).

9789211208238
9789216040574 (eISBN)
0252-5704
2412-0979 (eISSN)