Friday 24 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest
Nepal
- Marx’s Nightmare (The Kathmandu Post)
- Transition in crisis: COVID-19 and federalism in Nepal (MY Republica)
- Brokers going for broke (Nepali Times)
- Why current conservation models are flawed (The Kathmandu Post)
- A future in farming (The Record)
- It’s time to start learning mandarin (The Kathmandu Post)
Economy
- The world can still prosper from free trade (Lowy Institute)
- Exiting the Lockdown: Restart-up fund for MSMEs required urgently (Observer Research Foundation)
- The transformative moment (Dawn)
- Regional collaboration can help South Asian nations rebuild and strengthen tourism industry (World Bank Blogs)
- What role does human capital play in innovation? (Asian Development Blog)
Society
- US: Trump’s tactics in Portland risk further erosion of democracy (Article 19)
- ‘Beyond slogans to real action’: Sudan’s steps toward democratic transformation (National Endowment for Democracy)
Law
- A reminder for UP: Supreme Court has said that fake encounters amount to state-backed terror (Scroll)
- Parity laws in Germany – Caving in to gender backlash or consolidating women’s citizenship status? (Verfassungs Blog)
- Covid-19, constitutional crisis and rise of authoritarianism (The Daily Star)
- Towards national security and peace in Hong Kong (The Hindu)
Democracy
- Authoritarian competence a threat to democracy’s credibility? (National Endowment for Democracy)
Security
- View of Galwan from Bhutan (Nepali Times)
- Decoding cyberattack on Australia (IDSA)
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