EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 2020
Preface and Acknowledgments This report is a collective endeavor and involved several parts of the Bank including DEC, EAP, EFI, and HNP. It was prepared by a team led by Yew Keat Chong, Ergys Islamaj, Aaditya Mattoo, and Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze. Other members of the team were Yu Cao, Marie-Helene Cloutier, Joao Pedro Wagner De Azevedo, Francesca de Nicola, Reno Dewina, Sebastian Eckardt, Ugo Gentilini, Vera Kehayova, Shafaat Khan, Sinem Kilic Celik, Young Kim, Duong Le, Norman Loayza, Maria Ana Lugo, Andrew D. Mason, Fabiola Saavedra Caballero, Aparnaa Somanathan, Jonathan Timmis, Trang Thu Tran, Franz Ulrich Ruch, Ikuko Uochi, and Cecile Wodon. We thank Mohamed Almenfi, Diana Goldemberg, Sarah Hebous, Lydia Kim, Stephen Ling, Aneesh Mannava, Taisei Matsuki, Alen Mulabdic, Tobias Pfutze, Alvaro Raul Espitia Rueda, Apurva Sanghi, Nurlina Shaharuddin, Daria Taglioni, Tao Wang, Lucie Wuester, and Juncheng Zhou for significant contributions. Victoria Kwakwa provided valuable guidance. We are grateful for helpful discussions and suggestions to Carlos Arteta, Benoit Bosquet, Eric Caldwell Johnson, Alejandro Cedeno, Souleymane Coulibaly, Ndiame Diop, Daniel Dulitzky, David Gould, Birgit Hansl, Nicholas Keyes, Andy Shuai Liu, Denis Medvedev, Deepak Mishra, Lars Moller, Rinku Murgai, Zafer Mustafaoglu, Philip O’Keefe, Firas Raad, Martin Raiser, Karlis Smits, Arvind Subramanian, Cecile Thioro Niang, and Hassan Zaman; and staff of the EAP region who participated in the consultation meetings on the 20th of July, and 10th of September and sent written comments. The following staff from the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice prepared country-specific macroeconomic outlook pages: Souleymane Coulibaly, Claire Honore Hollweg, Sodeth Ly, Poonyanuch Chockanapitaksa, Kimsun Tong, Sebastian Eckardt, Luan Zhao, Ibrahim Saeed Chowdhury, Reno Dewina, Ralph Van Doorn, Abdoulaye Sy, Indira Maulani Hapsari, Angella Faith Lapukeni, Yus Medina Pakpahan, Sailesh Tiwari, Hans Anand Beck, Fang Guo, Chandana Kularatne, Somneuk Davading, Keomanivone Phimmahasay, Melise Jaud, Konesawang Nghardsaysone, Richard Record, Shakira Binti Teh Sharifuddin, Mahama Samir Bandaogo, Sheau Yin Goh, Jean-Pascal Nguessa Nganou, Davaadalai Batsuuri, Undral Batmunkh, Hans Anand Beck, Faya Hayati, Thi Da Myint, Thanapat Reungsri, Ilyas Sarsenov, Darian Naidoo, Rong Qian, Kevin C. Chua, Kevin Thomas Garcia Cruz, Kiatipong Ariyapruchya, Phonthanat Uruhamanon, Pedro Miguel Gaspar Martins, Jacques Morisset, Dorsati Madani, Quang Hong Doan, Duc Minh Pham, David M. Gould, Anna Robinson, Andrew Blackman, Kim Alan Edwards, Demet Kaya, Lodewijk Smets, Darian Naidoo, Carlos Orton Romero, Wendy Karamba, Maria Ana Lugo, Sailesh Tiwari, Tanida Arayavechkit, Kenneth Simler, Zainab Ali Ahmad, Emilie Bernadette Perge, Giorgia Demarchi, Kristen Himelein, Nadia Belhaj Hassine Belghith, Ikuko Uochi, Judy Yang, Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir, Virgi Agita Sari, Taufik Indrakesuma, Sharon Faye Alariao Piza, Kristen Himelein. The work was managed by Deepak Mishra and Lars Christian Moller for the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, and by Rinku Murgai for the Poverty and Equity Global Practice. Benoit Philippe Marcel Campagne, Kristina Catherine Tan Mercado, Alexander Haider, and Monika Anna Matyja made contributions to the model, table production, and assisting staff with their forecasts. Buntarika Sangarun and Poonyanuch Chockanapitaksa provided technical support. The report was edited and typeset by Shepherd, Incorporated.
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