Selim Raihan is Professor at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). Holding a PhD from Manchester, his expertise spans international trade, poverty, macroeconomics, and climate change. He has published extensively in prestigious academic journals and contributed chapters to numerous scholarly books.Iyanatul (Yan) Islam, PhD (Cambridge), is Professor (Adjunct), Griffith Asia Institute, Brisbane, Australia, a Distinguished Fellow at the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a former Branch Chief, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland. He is one of the founding editors of the Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy (Routledge). Professor Islam is the author of more than 100 publications.

• COVID-19 and South Asia: An overview 1. Assessing the trade–connectivity linkages in South Asia in post-pandemic period: An empirical investigation 2. COVID-19 effects and home-grown policy response in Sri Lanka 3. Responding to the economic consequences of COVID 19 in Pakistan: Lessons learnt 4. Poverty dynamics in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: Who falls back and who graduates out? 5. The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 vaccinations in five Asian countries 6. COVID-19, trade and gender in Bangladesh 7. Analyzing monetary policies and bank credit in Indonesia’s provincial clusters amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Selim Raihan is Professor at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). Holding a PhD from Manchester, his expertise spans international trade, poverty, macroeconomics, and climate change. He has published extensively in prestigious academic journals and contributed chapters to numerous scholarly books.Iyanatul (Yan) Islam, PhD (Cambridge), is Professor (Adjunct), Griffith Asia Institute, Brisbane, Australia, a Distinguished Fellow at the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a former Branch Chief, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland. He is one of the founding editors of the Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy (Routledge). Professor Islam is the author of more than 100 publications.

• COVID-19 and South Asia: An overview 1. Assessing the trade–connectivity linkages in South Asia in post-pandemic period: An empirical investigation 2. COVID-19 effects and home-grown policy response in Sri Lanka 3. Responding to the economic consequences of COVID 19 in Pakistan: Lessons learnt 4. Poverty dynamics in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: Who falls back and who graduates out? 5. The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 vaccinations in five Asian countries 6. COVID-19, trade and gender in Bangladesh 7. Analyzing monetary policies and bank credit in Indonesia’s provincial clusters amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Selim Raihan is Professor at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). Holding a PhD from Manchester, his expertise spans international trade, poverty, macroeconomics, and climate change. He has published extensively in prestigious academic journals and contributed chapters to numerous scholarly books.Iyanatul (Yan) Islam, PhD (Cambridge), is Professor (Adjunct), Griffith Asia Institute, Brisbane, Australia, a Distinguished Fellow at the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a former Branch Chief, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland. He is one of the founding editors of the Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy (Routledge). Professor Islam is the author of more than 100 publications.

• COVID-19 and South Asia: An overview 1. Assessing the trade–connectivity linkages in South Asia in post-pandemic period: An empirical investigation 2. COVID-19 effects and home-grown policy response in Sri Lanka 3. Responding to the economic consequences of COVID 19 in Pakistan: Lessons learnt 4. Poverty dynamics in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: Who falls back and who graduates out? 5. The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 vaccinations in five Asian countries 6. COVID-19, trade and gender in Bangladesh 7. Analyzing monetary policies and bank credit in Indonesia’s provincial clusters amidst COVID-19 pandemic