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Addressing economic and health challenges of COVID ‐19 in Bangladesh: Preparation and response
Author(s) -
Kumar Bezon,
Pinky Susmita D.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2556
Subject(s) - covid-19 , economic recovery , unemployment , pandemic , government (linguistics) , poverty , development economics , economic growth , economics , economic impact analysis , business , inequality , medicine , virology , macroeconomics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microeconomics
This article mainly explores the economic and health challenges faced by Bangladesh amid COVID‐19 and the policies taken by the government of Bangladesh to tackle the economic and health issues. Bangladesh is ranked as one of the worst‐hit countries in terms of total corona infections. Affecting the social, economic, and health sectors of the country, COVID‐19 pandemic has dampened the overall economic well‐being and thus GDP growth along with skyrocketing poverty, inequality, and unemployment nationwide. To tackle these crises, the government has initiated effective policy measures which, in turn, enhanced the recovery rate of COVID‐19 positive patients and strengthened the recovery of economic indicators. Therefore, this article suggests other hard‐hit COVID‐19 affected countries following the recovery model of Bangladesh to encounter the economic and health challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic.