Assessing the Impact of Policy Measures in Reducing the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of South Asia

Khan, Dilawar; Ahmed, Nihal; Mehmed, Bahtiyar; Haq, Ihtisham ul

doi:10.3390/su132011315

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“…Stringency policies also have a negative and significant effect on the number of new cases. This confirms the findings of the extensive literature on the impact of containment and mobility restriction policies (Brauner et al, 2021 ; Chung et al, 2021 ; Fiore et al, 2021 ; Khan et al, 2021 ; Md Zamri et al, 2021 ; Pan et al, 2021 ; Violato et al, 2021 ). However, the effect of the stringency index becomes insignificant when the mobility/immobility variables are introduced, except in the case of the parks and workplace variables.…”

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“…mobility restriction policies (Brauner et al, 2021;Chung et al, 2021;Fiore et al, 2021;Khan et al, 2021;Md Zamri et al, 2021;Pan et al, 2021;Violato et al, 2021). However, the effect of the stringency index becomes insignificant when the mobility/immobility variables are introduced, except in the case of the parks and workplace variables.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Maloney and Taskin ( 2020 ) show that the reduction in mobility in the United States is more voluntary than linked to compulsory stay‐at‐home measures. While several studies have looked at the impact of stringency measures and mobility restrictions on the evolution of the COVID‐19 pandemic (Brauner et al, 2021 ; Chung et al, 2021 ; Fiore et al, 2021 ; Herby et al, 2022 ; Khan et al, 2021 ; Md Zamri et al, 2021 ; Pan et al, 2021 ; Violato et al, 2021 ), few have focussed on analysing the direct effect of mobility practices (Milani, 2021 ; Xiong et al, 2020 ; Yilmazkuday, 2021 ).…”

Section: The Determinants Of the Spread Of Covid‐19: What Is The Role...mentioning

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Impact of immobility and mobility activities on the spread of COVID‐19: Evidence from European countries

Bouzouina

Kourtit

Nijkamp

2022

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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To limit the spread of COVID‐19, most countries in the world have put in place measures which restrict mobility. The co‐presence of several people in the same place of work, shopping, leisure or transport is considered a favourable vector for the transmission of the virus. However, this hypothesis remains to be verified in the light of the daily data available since the first wave of contamination. Does immobility reduce the spread of the COVID‐19 pandemic? Does mobility contribute to the increase in the number of infections for all activities? This paper applies several pooled mean group–autoregressive distributed lag (PMG–ARDL) models to investigate the impact of immobility and daily mobility activities on the spread of the COVID‐19 pandemic in European countries using daily data for the period from 12 March 2020 to 31 August 2021. The results of the PMG–ARDL models show that immobility and higher temperatures play a significant role in reducing the COVID‐19 pandemic. The increase in mobility activities (grocery, retail, use of transit) is also positively associated with the number of new COVID‐19 cases. The combined analysis with the Granger causality test shows that the relationship between mobility and COVID‐19 goes in both directions, with the exception of grocery shopping, visits to parks and commuting mobility. The former favours the spread of COVID‐19, while the next two have no causal relationship with COVID‐19. The results confirm the role of immobility in mitigating the spread of the pandemic, but call into question the drastic policies of systematically closing all places of activity.

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Impact of immobility and mobility activities on the spread of COVID‐19: Evidence from European countries

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2022

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“…[ 42 ] also concluded that preventive health measures resulted in a stability in COVID-19 confirmed cases in Hong Kong. Government economic support for poor families, stringency, health and containment measures, must all be implemented during the pandemic to decrease the infection of COVID-19 [ 43 ].…”

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A comparative study of the policy response to COVID-19 in the ASEAN region: A dynamic simulated ARDL approach

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The COVID-19 epidemic is the most significant global health disaster of this century and the greatest challenge to humanity since World War II. One of the most important research issues is to determine the effectiveness of measures implemented worldwide to control the spread of the corona virus. A dynamic simulated Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach was adopted to analyze the policy response to COVID-19 in the ASEAN region using data from February 1, 2020, to November 8, 2021. The results of unit root concluded that the dependent variable is integrated of order one while the independent variables are stationarized at the level or first difference, and the use of a dynamic simulated ARDL technique is appropriate for this paper. The outcomes of the dynamic simulated ARDL model explored that government economic support and debt/contract relief for poor families is substantially important in the fight against COVID-19. The study also explored that closing schools and workplaces, restrictions on gatherings, cancellation of public events, stay at home, closing public transport, restrictions on domestic and international travel are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Finally, this study explored that public awareness campaigns, testing policy and social distancing significantly decrease the spread of COVID-19. Policy implications such as economic support from the government to help poor families, closing schools and public gatherings during the pandemic, public awareness among the masses, and testing policies must be adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Moreover, the reduction in mortality shows that immunization could be a possible new strategy to combat COVID-19, but the factors responsible for the acceptability of the vaccine must be addressed immediately through public health policies.

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“…Researchers found that in the COVID-19 era, green bonds were more successful than conventional bonds because of the increased transparency of interest rates and investment returns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, government initiatives radically affected global energy consumption patterns [18].…”

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Green Finance and Green Energy Nexus in ASEAN Countries: A Bootstrap Panel Causality Test

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Green energy is a crucial component in addressing expanding energy demands and combating climate change, but the possible negative repercussions of these technologies are frequently disregarded. Green energy’s deployment is tied to environmentally sustainable development goals (SDGs). It can only be achieved by scaling up the finance of investment that provides environmental benefits through new financial instruments and new policies, such as green banks, green bonds, community-based green funds, green central banking, etc. In an effort to address the issues with IPAT and ImPACT, this study employed the STIRPAT model approach, which is a proven framework for energy economics analysis. The author gathers yearly data spanning 2002–2018 for six ASEAN member countries with the aim of investigating the relationship between CO2 emissions, green finance, energy efficiency, and the green energy index (GEX). After preliminary tests, the study employed the Westerlund test and Johansen Fisher test for long-term equilibrium and estimated the Granger causal links between variables using the generalized method of moments (GMM). The results indicate that green bonds are an effective technique for promoting green energy projects and considerably reducing CO2 emissions. Therefore, governments should establish supporting policies with a long-term perspective to increase the investment of green energy projects related investment from private participants to ensure sustainable growth and address environmental challenges. This strategy may be appropriate during and after the COVID-19 period.

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Assessing the Impact of Policy Measures in Reducing the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of South Asia

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

Impact of immobility and mobility activities on the spread of COVID‐19: Evidence from European countries

Impact of immobility and mobility activities on the spread of COVID‐19: Evidence from European countries

A comparative study of the policy response to COVID-19 in the ASEAN region: A dynamic simulated ARDL approach

Green Finance and Green Energy Nexus in ASEAN Countries: A Bootstrap Panel Causality Test

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