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Valerie Mercer-Blackman and Jagadish Prasad Bista

Valerie Mercer-Blackman and Jagadish Prasad Bista
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Mercer-Blackman is a Senior Economist at the WBG’s South Asia Office of the Chief Economist, currently focusing on policy-based research and regional trends in South Asia. Bist is a Kathmandu-based freelance researcher and writes on finance, economics and sociopolitical matters.

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What will South Asia look like after the pandemic?

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Some of the knock-on effects on the economy are yet to be felt, and in most countries in South Asia we are not yet out of the first wave of the pandemic.
Sep 18, 2020