Lal, Sumeet and Singh, Rup and Chand, Ronal and Patel, Arvind and Jain, Devendra Kumar (2021) Projecting Populations of Major Pacific Island Countries With and Without COVID-19: Pro-active Insights to Population Policy. Journal of Population Research, TBC . TBC. ISSN 1443-2447
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The paper projects aggregate populations of six Pacific Island countries in both pre- and post-COVID19 scenarios using a Cohort Component Method for the period 2020-2060. It uses baseline indicators resembling China and Italy's experiences and finds that Pacific countries could experience a fatality rate between 5 and 20% due to the pandemic. It also finds that most Pacific Island countries would experience higher fatalities in the older age groups, consistent with what is being witnessed in other countries around the world. The analysis also shows that while the risk escalates for people over 50 years onward in all other sample countries, in Fiji, those in the age range of 60 years or more are at higher risk. The findings also indicate that for all countries, the fatality rate for 80 years and older is about 50%. The population projections show that Fiji will be most impacted, while others will experience around 2% initial population decline. The convergence to baseline is found to be slow (except for Tonga) in most Pacific countries. Consequently, the paper suggests a cautious approach in dealing with the current crisis.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Additional Information: | Early Cite stage of publishing, forthcoming 2021 |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Divisions: | School of Accounting, Finance and Economics (SAFE) |
| Depositing User: | Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2021 23:33 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2022 07:57 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12363 |
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