The city-state of Singapore obtained its formal independence in 1965. Its condition during that period looked completely different from the state that it is enjoying now. Back then, the country was flooded with problems. There was an alarming unemployment rate with the majority of the population under poverty, lack of
Author: Jeyasundari S.
Jeyasundari is an incoming Masters student with a major in Economics at Azim Premji University. She aspires to step into the research field. Macroeconomics, development and public policy are some of her areas of interest. She is an orator and amateur scriptwriter.
A SYNOPSIS ON PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS
As a layman, most of us would have not been very familiar with the terms like quarantine, lockdown until COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO. In simple words pandemic is when a disease spreads across geographical boundaries affecting a large number of population. Pandemics are not new to