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The impact of COVID-19 on ASEAN

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  • Terence Tai Leung Chong
  • Xiaoyang Li
  • Cornelia Yip

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Starting in December 2019, COVID-19 had been spreading across the world on a limited scale for a quarter until March 2020 when the death toll in the countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally started to mount. However, despite the relatively late outbreak in the region, the ASEAN market had already plunged along with other regional markets across the world amid heightened concern about the economic impact of the biggest viral killer in 2020. In this paper, we examine the economic impact of coronavirus on different ASEAN countries separately by analysing their respective economic figures for the first two quarters in 2020. This allows us to delineate the overall picture of its impact on ASEAN countries as well as to provide an estimation for the future outlook of the ASEAN economic bloc. We propose that the slowing growth, the sluggish recovery of trade and the cross-country transmission of unemployment are three significant risk factors that the ASEAN economies are faced with.

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  • Terence Tai Leung Chong & Xiaoyang Li & Cornelia Yip, 2021. "The impact of COVID-19 on ASEAN," Economic and Political Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 166-185, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:repsxx:v:9:y:2021:i:2:p:166-185
    DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2020.1839166
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    1. Aaron Gold & Anup Phayal & Brandon Prins, 2023. "The unexpected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on maritime crime: Evidence from Indonesia and Nigeria," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 26(1), pages 7-23, March.
    2. Kien, Pham Van & Ou, Jenho Peter & Sadiq, Dr Muhammad & Nguyen, Tran Thai Ha & Huy, Pham Quang & Tran, Trung Kien, 2023. "What role financial inclusion, green trade and natural resources utilization play in ASEAN economic growth: Evidence from post COVID era," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(PB).

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