COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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The fifth round of the high frequency
phone survey (HFPS) interviewed 2,630 households in June
2022 on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, including
employment and income, community trust and security and
COVID-19 vaccination. It follows four rounds of surveys
conducted from June 2020 to December 2021. The previous
round of the HFPS (round 4), found that recovery was weak in
2021, with household incomes falling, and highlighted
persistently low COVID-19 vaccination rates. While the third
wave of COVID-19 was over by June 2022, PNG remains the
least vaccinated country in the EAP region and could be
vulnerable to future outbreaks of COVID-19. The World Bank
estimates that the PNG economy contracted by 3.5 percent in
2020 before returning to positive economic growth of 1
percent in 2021. Stronger economic growth is projected for
2022, of 4 percent. In particular, strong growth is
projected for the extractive sector (6.8 percent). However,
the trajectory of economic recovery remains highly uncertain.
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HIGH FREQUENCY PHONE SURVEY (HFPS), COVID-19, GLOBAL PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC RECOVERY