Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256614 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 19/2020
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
In the countries of South Asia, the rampant coronavirus pandemic could affect more than 1.9 billion people - almost a quarter of the world's population. Given the weak­nesses of national health care systems, the fight against the virus seems to be lost before it has even begun. The economic damage will increase the levels of poverty and inequality, and it is likely to exacerbate rather than mitigate a number of existing conflicts. On the domestic front, it is feared that authoritarian tendencies will increase during the management of the crisis. In the regional context, China could further expand its influence at the expense of India.
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Research Report

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