Friday 11 September: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Friday 11 September: COVID-19 Policy Digest

 

Nepal

• Can Nepal’s army become a threat to it’s democracy? (The Diplomat)
• Corruption as overlooked threat to national security (The Himalayan Times)
• Migrant workers deported from Qatar without justification return home (The Record)
• Killer landslide (The Kathmandu Post)
• Nexus between economic crisis and reforms (Samriddhi Foundation)

 

Economy        

• With Covid-19 hitting the poorest hardest, we must help them recover (Daily Star)
• Plugging into contactless payment in post-COVID Asia (Asian Development Bank Blogs)
• Guilt, gender, and an inclusive recovery: A lesson from Japan (IMF Blogs)
• On GST compensation, the way out requires states to come forward to work with Centre (The Indian Express)
• Building back better on food and agriculture (My Republica)

 

Society

• Rising protests and a sinking economy spell trouble in Thailand (Lowy Institute)
• Myanmar: As campaign period begins, freedom of expression violations ramp up (Article 19)
• Support the Brave Protesters of Belarus (The New York Times)

 

Democracy

• Democratic resilience demands tackling disinformation (National Endowment for Democracy)

 

Security

• PM’s ‘martial law’ comment reflects people’s deeply held belief (Daily Star)
• Amrullah Saleh: The Last Man Standing (Observer Research Foundation)
• Realism and the undemarcated border (The Hindu)

 

Other

• Covid-19 has forced a radical shift in working habit (The Economist)