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Valerie Mercer-Blackman and Jagadish Prasad Bista

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?

Published On: September 18, 2020 05:47 PM NPT By: Valerie Mercer-Blackman and Jagadish Prasad Bista

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.