Tuesday 11 August: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Tuesday 11 August: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• What does China want from Nepal? (The Kathmandu Post)
• Enabling Impunity (The Record)
• High risk-remittance (Nepali Times)
• When enough is never enough (The Kathmandu Post)
• When women who speak up face lawsuits (The Record)
• BRI and trans-Himalayan connectivity (Nepali Times)

Economy        

• Travel South Asia: India’s tourism connectivity with the region (Brookings India)
• Cambodia: Hard Choices (Lowy Institute)
• Should governments spend away? (Project Syndicate)
• Lawmakers keen to break up ‘big tech’ like Amazon and Google need to realize the world has changed a lot since Microsoft and Standard Oil (The Conversation)

 

Society

• The invisible during the pandemic (Lowy Institute)

 

Law

• The Kafkaesque Edifice of Law (Verfassungs Blog)
• The National Education Policy 2020 and the future of cooperative federalism in India (Observer Research Foundation)

 

Democracy

• Jimmy Lai’s arrest in Hong Kong is the latest blow to free speech (The Economist)
• Social media and democracy: Prospects for reform (National Endowment for Democracy)
• Hong Kong’s rebellious tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested. China could put him behind bars for life (ABC News)

 

Security

• PNG COVID-19 spike adds to border concerns (Policy Forum)

 

Other

• Pandemic Insights from Bangladesh (Policy Forum)
• Interpreting the Sri Lankan mandate (The Hindu)
• Nepal’s Ramayanas (Himal South Asian)