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)
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