The New in the "New Normal" for the Post-COVID Pacific Islands

[...]the IMF estimates that average public debt against GDP across the region has risen to a level that has undone three years of debt decline. Bilateral sources including especially Australia and New Zealand and multilateral sources such ADB, IMF and World Bank have made special pandemic financial...

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Published in:Asia Pacific bulletin (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2020-06 (510), p.1-2
Main Author: Herr, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Humanitarianism
International trade
Islands
Pandemics
Quarantine
Telemedicine
Tourism
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Summary:[...]the IMF estimates that average public debt against GDP across the region has risen to a level that has undone three years of debt decline. Bilateral sources including especially Australia and New Zealand and multilateral sources such ADB, IMF and World Bank have made special pandemic financial support available to help maintain the Island economies. Rapid sharing of diagnostic information and advice across all the remote clinics and nursing stations in almost exclusively archipelagic region is vital at any time but essential in a pandemic.
ISSN:1942-6518