Friday 24 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

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)