Friday 17 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Friday 17 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• A COVID-19 game changer for Nepal (Nepal Times)
• The world of private school cartels (Nepal Economic Forum)
• Has Nepali agriculture collapsed? (My Republica)
• The invisible pandemic (The Kathmandu Post)
• Transition in crisis: COVID-19 and federalization in Nepal (Melbourne Law School)

Economy                                                                               

• Redesign required: Principles for reimagining federal rural policy in the COVID-19 era (Brookings) (Part 1)
• Redesign required: 4 ideas for reimagining federal rural policy in the COVID-19 era (Brookings) (Part 2)
• Why sustainable food systems are needed in a post-COVID world (International Monetary Fund Blog)
• China’s raw materials strategy (Policy Forum)
• COVID-19 is a serious blow to the remittances that millions of families depend upon (Asian Development Blog)
• To keep development goals in sight, policymakers need to fan the embers of productivity growth (World Bank Blogs)

 

Society

• Role of civil society during the pandemic (My Republica)
• Tackling India’s deepening gender inequality during COVID-19 (LSE South-Asia Blog)
• Toppling statues, righting wrong (Dawn)

 

Law

• The celebration of extra-judicial murders: Who’s watching India? (Verfassungs Blog)

 

Democracy

• Special Iranian units lead crackdown on unrest (National Endowment for Democracy)

 

Security                                                                                                                                       

• What would it mean to defund the police (Policy Forum)
• Three propositions on trans-boundary water conflicts in light of the new emerging paradigms (Observer Research Foundation)
• Hacking back and international law: An irreconcilable pair? (Verfassungs Blog)

 

Other

• India as the fulcrum in a Cold War 2.0 (Observer Research Foundation)