Friday 12 June: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Friday 12 June: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• Is this the end of the ‘special relationship’? (The Kathmandu Post)
• Oli must go, but what’s the alternative? (My Republica)
• Interpreting the India-Nepal border dispute (Brookings India)
• Program for the poor (My Republica)
• Homecoming (Nepali Times)
• In Nepal, federalism, health policy, and the pandemic (The Asia Foundation)

 

Economy

• For the rural poor, the Coronavirus crash isn’t here yet (Foreign Policy)
• The global economic reset—Promoting a more Inclusive recovery (IMF Blogs)
• Making MGNREGA pandemic-proof (Observer Research Foundation)
• Strengthening economic institutions for a resilient recovery (IMF Blogs)

 

Society

• Child workers needs rights, not policing, to weather the pandemic (Open Democracy)

 

Law

• From legal fiction to reality: Securing the dignity of India’s manual scavengers (Verfassungs Blog)
• Malaysia: Reform or repeal laws that restrict freedom of expression (Article 19)

 

Democracy

• China’s malign designs on democracy (National Endowment for Democracy)

 

Security

• Facing the cyber pandemic (Project Syndicate)
• A complex tapestry of collusion and cooperation: Afghanistan and Pakistan’s terrorism networks (LSE Blog South Asia)