TY  - BOOK
ED  - World Bank Group.
TI  - South Asia Economic Focus : : South Asia Vaccination
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Covid
KW  - Economic Growth
KW  - Economic Policy
KW  - Economic Risks
KW  - External Vulnerability
KW  - Fiscal Policy
KW  - Inflation And Prices
KW  - Investment
KW  - Macroeconomic Development And Outlook
KW  - Trade
N2  - South Asia region's economies are beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID levels but some labor-intensive services sectors and tourism have not. Inequality has worsened on many dimensions. The process of vaccinating South Asia's population is underway, with India taking a leading role in production. The socioeconomic benefits of vaccinating most South Asians as soon as possible outweighs the cost by multiple times, and thus justifies having public sector financing. Cracks in the primary health care system became evident since the pandemic began, and the vaccine rollout is likely to have other additional challenges such as delays in production, bottlenecks in supply chain logistics and vaccine hesitancy from some groups (which could delay the process of herd immunity). There are also tradeoffs in the priorities that should be established in deciding who gets the vaccine first
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-1700-7
ER  -