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Notes
1 The papers in this special section were first presented at a workshop on “Asian Population Studies and the COVID-19 Crisis: Investigating Demographic Outcomes in a Pandemic”, 23 August 2022, co-organised by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and the Asian Population Association. We would like to dedicate this special section to the memory of Professor Gavin W. Jones who passed away a few days later on 27 August 2022.