Emerging Economies and the Covid-19 Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities

This paper first introduces a short discussion of general trends affecting emerging economies, which have emerged during the Covid-19 crisis.

This paper first introduces a short discussion of general trends affecting emerging economies, which have emerged during the Covid-19 crisis. It discusses how seven major emerging economies, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, and Argentina, have dealt with the Covid-19 crisis so far. It focuses on both public health policies to restrict the spread of the virus and reduce death ratios, and economic policies to mitigate economic consequences and keep businesses afloat. The discussion includes reflections on how growth trajectories of specific economies have been altered by the pandemic and what the global economic hierarchy might look like in the post-pandemic world.

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M. Metin Başbay
M. Metin Başbay
M. Metin Basbay is a Researcher at TRT World. His research mostly focuses on economic policy in the context of underdeveloped and developing countries. Metin holds a BA in Economics and a BA in Sociology, both from Bogazici University and is currently a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge where he also completed his MPhil in Economics.

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