The Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Asia

https://stanford.io/2V4VfYt The different policy responses to COVID-19 across Asia – from Korea in the north to Kerala in the south – hold important lessons for the future. While the long-term implications of COVID-19 for Asia and the world remain unclear, scholars from the Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies offer perspectives from sociology, political science, and economics on the heterogeneity of the pandemic’s social and economic impacts in the Asia-Pacific region. Panelists include Gi-Wook Shin, Xueguang Zhou, Yong Suk Lee, Donald Emmerson and Karen Eggleston, with opening remarks by Michael McFaul.