Covid-19 Economic Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: Global Evidence

Diop, Samba and Asongu, Simplice and Nnanna, Joseph (2020): Covid-19 Economic Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: Global Evidence. Forthcoming in: International Social Science Journal

Abstract

The study complements the extant literature by constructing Covid-19 economic vulnerability and resilience indexes using a global sample of 150 countries which are categorized into four principal regions, namely: Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. Seven variables are used for the vulnerability index and nine for the resilience index. Both regions and sampled countries are classified in terms of the two proposed and computed indexes. The classification of countries is also provided in terms of four scenarios pertaining to vulnerability and resilience characteristics, notably: low vulnerability-low resilience, high vulnerability-low resilience, high vulnerability-high resilience and low vulnerability-high resilience to respectively illustrate, sensitive, severe, asymptomatic and best cases. The findings are relevant to policy makers especially as it pertains to decision making in resources allocation in the fight against the global pandemic.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Novel coronavirus, Economic vulnerability, Economic resilience
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E10 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E20 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E23 - Production; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I10 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I28 - Government Policy

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