Friday 31 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Friday 31 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• The elusive dream of a land-linked Nepal (The Kathmandu Post)
• Enough already (Nepali Times)
• Data for public policy (My Republica)
• Some forces are trying to pull China into Indo-Nepal Issues : Hou Yanqi, Chinese ambassador to Nepal (Naya Patrika Daily)
• Nepali overseas workers who remain behind (Nepali Times)

Economy         

• Keep borders open (My Republica)
• Thailand’s grand welfare experiment (Policy Forum)
• Supporting small business in the Pacific in the wake of COVID-19 (Dev Policy Blog)
• COVID-19: Developing countries and shrouded opportunities (Observer Research Foundation)
• Regularizing migrant workers in response to COVID-19 (Centre for Global Development)
• Time for impact (Dawn)

Society

• NEP expands choice and empowers students (Hindustan Times)

 

Law

• Turkey: New internet law threatens freedom of expression online (Article 19)
• Stay away from using your Constitutional Rights (Verfassungs Blog)
• Why the anti-defection law has failed to deliver (Hindustan Times)

Democracy

• Preempting democracy again? ‘Civil society surge’ precedes Belarus election (National Endowment for Democracy)

 

Security

• Countering trafficking (My Republica)
• To protect and to serve (Foreign Affairs)

 

Other

• Dealing with ‘Frankenstein’ (Centre for Policy Research)