ABSTRACT

This book studies the impact of COVID-19 in South Asia. With case studies from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, the volume assesses the long-term effects of COVID on the countries’ political economy, public health, education, and society and offers recommendations for creating a more robust and resilient society for South Asian countries in response to the threat of future pandemics. The authors also make suggestions for shared policy goals, identifying smart strategies, and aligning policy instruments into short and long-term policy decisions to address wider societal issues of economy, migration, refugees, and averting the threats of extremism.

 

Topical and comprehensive, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of sociology, medical sociology, political sociology, social anthropology, South Asian studies, public policy, political economy, and political studies.

chapter 2|12 pages

Coronavirus in Pakistan

The Hidden Narrative Behind the (Not so Bad) Numbers

chapter 4|13 pages

Mitigating the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19

The Prospect of Digital Centre-Led Resilience Building for Rohingya Host Communities in Bangladesh

chapter 5|11 pages

Covid-19 and the Migrant Issue in South Asia

Crisis within a Crisis

chapter 7|13 pages

Coronavirus v. Pakistan

Early Successes in the Epidemiological Battle

chapter 8|9 pages

Economic Benefit of COVID-19 Free Testing in Developing Countries

A case study from Bangladesh

chapter 9|12 pages

Pakistan and Covid-19

The Susceptibility of Local Healthcare Systems and the Needs to Foster Innovative and Potential Reforms

chapter 10|13 pages

Corona Phobia in India

A Policy Perspective

chapter 11|14 pages

Trajectories of Education

An Examination of COVID-19 Consequences for Education in Nepal

chapter 12|14 pages

A Paradigm Shift in Learning

Assessing West-Bengal's Education System in the Post-Pandemic Era

chapter 13|17 pages

‘Devotion at the Time of Pandemic’

An Examination of Religion and Covid-19 in Kerala, India