Ngokusho the Ibhange Lomhlaba's esanda kukhishwa umbiko we-South Asia Economic Focus, i i-coronavirus ubhubhane cishe luzocwilisa umnotho waseNingizimu Asia owake wadlondlobala waba sezingeni eliphansi kunawo wonke abonakala emashumini eminyaka.

Ukwehla komnotho kulindeleke ukuthi kubonakale ezweni ngalinye kwayisishiyagalombili akulesi sifunda, kanti ukukhula kulindeleke ukuthi kube phakathi kwamaphesenti angu-1.8 no-2.8 kulo nyaka, ukwehla okumangalisayo uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angu-6.3 ayebikezelwe ngaphambilini. Ngisho nezinga eliphezulu lesibikezelo sebanga lingaba ngaphezu kwamaphesenti amathathu amaphuzu ngaphansi kokukhula okumaphakathi kusukela ngo-1980.

Ukusabalala ngokushesha kwaleli gciwane kanye nemiphumela yalo emnothweni womhlaba akukaze kwenzeke ngendlela engakaze ibonwe kangangoba kunzima ukwenza ukuqagela okunembile, kusho iBhange Lomhlaba embikweni walo weSouth Asia Economic Focus, owethule isibikezelo esibanzi, esikhundleni sokubikezela iphuzu, okokuqala.

“INingizimu Asia izithola isisivunguvungu esiphelele semiphumela emibi. Ezokuvakasha zomile, uxhaxha lwempahla luphazamisekile, isidingo sezimpahla zokugqoka siwile futhi nemizwa yabathengi nabatshalizimali iyancipha,” kusho umbiko.

Ngemuva kwalokho ibhange elikubiza ngokuthi “ezidumazayo” amazinga okukhula eminyakeni edlule, onyakeni wezimali oqale ngo-April lu-1, ukukhula kwe-GDP yezwe kulindeleke ukuthi kume phakathi kwamaphesenti angu-1.5 no-2.8. Ngenkathi isibikezelo silindele ukuthi i-India izobhekana nomthelela omncane kakhulu wenhlekelele ye-COVID-19, umphumela ongemuhle usazodlula izimpawu zokuqubuka kabusha okwabonakala ekupheleni kuka-2019.

Amanye amazwe aseNingizimu ye-Asia afana neNepal, Bhutan kanye ne-Bangladesh kulindeleke ukuthi alahlekelwe kakhulu ekukhuleni komnotho. Kulindeleke ukuthi iMaldives ishayeke kakhulu, njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi umnotho wayo ufinyelele kumaphesenti ayi-13 kulo nyaka. IPakistan, i-Afghanistan, kanye neSri Lanka nazo zingawela ekuwohlokeni ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Kodwa-ke, esimweni esibi kakhulu isifunda sonke singaba nokwehla kwe-GDP.

Le nkinga kungenzeka iqinise ukungalingani eNingizimu ye-Asia, kanti abaningi abampofu kakhulu babhekene nengozi enkulu yokungavikeleki kokudla. Yize zingekho izimpawu zokushoda kokudla okusabalele kuze kube manje, ibhange lixwayisa ngokuthi ukuvala i-lockdown okuthatha isikhathi eside kungenza isimo sibe sibi.