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)
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