Summary: Uncertainty caused by the new coronavirus is disrupting services industries ranging from healthcare, to travel and tourism, to financial markets, adding to concerns about their capacity to boost Asia’s manufacturing-driven economies. In this podcast, Matthias Helble and Ben Shepherd, co-editors of the new ADBI-ADB book Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies, along with contributor Valerie Mercer-Blackman, explain why such pessimism is misplaced. The views in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2JvOj1i ADBI’s related publications Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies https://bit.ly/2xAC2Gf
