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Pakistanis have become less likely to say they will accept a Covid vaccine.
Since the start of the pandemic, Pakistanis have become less likely to say they will accept a Covid vaccine. Saher Asad, Javaeria Qureshi, Mariam Raheem, Taimur Shah, and Basit Zafar look at the findings of a new survey into vaccine hesitancy and suggest how the government could overcome it.
Even rich countries have often struggled to roll out vaccines but in the Global South, things are much worse. In Pakistan, access to jabs has so far been limited to healthcare workers and people over 50. As of March 2021, an average of 0.2 doses had been administered for every 100 people in Pakistan, strikingly lower than the regional average for Asia (4.5 doses for every 100 people).
27 May 2021 7:00–8:15
Speaker: Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College)
Moderators: Rabea Malik (Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives) and Miguel Loureiro (IDS)
Date: 20th May 2021
Time: 7 AM UK
Watch the events live on the LUMS Facebook page. Registration is not required.
Professor Andrabi analyzes the impact of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan on the recovery of student learning outcomes. He examines the implications these findings for the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to student learning outcomes. Tahir Andrabi is Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College. He is a founding Director of the Centre for Economic Research, Pakistan and the inaugural Dean of the LUMS School of Education His research interests include the economics of education and development economics. He has published extensively in major economics and education journals including the American Economic Review and Review of Economics an