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New Zealand discussing 'helicopter money' handouts to stimulate economy

Reuters
22 May 2020
  New Zealand

China-backed AIIB approves $250 million loan for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response

Reuters
21 May 2020
  Bangladesh;   People's Republic of China

hina set to push economic policy to new limits as National People’s Congress begins

South China Morning Post
21 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

South Korea starts reopening schools after virus spread slows

BNN Bloomberg
20 May 2020
  Republic of Korea

Central bank to continue mortgage program with total funding of MNT 240 billion

Montsame
20 May 2020
  Mongolia

China stands pat on benchmark rate, signals brief pause in easing efforts

Reuters
20 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

China completes expatriate labour quarters, hands over to HDC

Maldives Times
20 May 2020
  People's Republic of China;   Maldives

New Zealand provides $7m for global humanitarian response to COVID-19

New Zealand Foreign Affairs & Trade
19 May 2020
  New Zealand;   Bangladesh

More than 15,000 Hong Kong shops may close without rent relief

San Antonio Express News
19 May 2020
  Hong Kong, China

How lockdown is being lifted across Europe

BBC News
19 May 2020
  Other ADB Members;   Other Economies

Projects worth USD 66 million implemented within UN Development Assistance Framework

Montsame
19 May 2020
  Mongolia

New Zealand's readiness for a second wave in focus

NZ Herald
19 May 2020
  New Zealand

China sets out stall ahead of NPC with pledges for market-oriented, local government finance reforms

South China Morning Post
19 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

New Zealand reaches population of 5m after citizens rush home amid Covid-19

The Guardian
18 May 2020
  New Zealand

World Bank to help alleviate burden for the self-employed in the face of COVID-19

Monstame
18 May 2020
  Mongolia

China’s Xi pledges $2 billion to help fight coronavirus

CNBC
18 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

These Asian economies seem to have contained the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s how they did it

CNBC
18 May 2020
  Hong Kong, China;   Taipei,China;   Viet Nam

Korea reaches out to Navajos, Iran with COVID-19 supplies

The Korea Herald
18 May 2020
  Republic of Korea;   Islamic Republic of Iran

IMF staff completes discussions for emergency access to the Rapid Financing Instrument on Mongolia

IMF
18 May 2020
  Mongolia

Cashmere piles up in Mongolia as coronavirus cripples trading

Nikkei Asian Review
17 May 2020
  Mongolia