Tuesday 21 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Tuesday 21 July: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• Is there a China connection? (The Kathmandu Post)
• Game of thrones (The Record)
• Return of the helicopter money (The Kathmandu Post)
• Key highlights of Monetary Policy FY 2020/21 (Nepal Economic Forum)
• Monetary Policy: Will the measures counter the shocks (The Kathmandu Post)
• Sub-regional economic cooperation between Nepal and Indian Northeast: Challenges and prospects (Observer Research Foundation)

Economy                                                                               

• Dominant Currencies and the Limits of Exchange Rate Flexibility (International Monetary Fund Blog)
• China eyes African prospects to iron out trade tension with Australia (Lowy Institute)
• Amid the uncertainty, this year will see a sobering expansion in fiscal deficit (The Indian Express)
• Which country will triumph in the post-pandemic world? (The New York Times)

 

Society

• COVID-19 shrinks civic space (Nepali times)
• Rule of mob: On mob lynching in several States (The Hindu)

 

Federalism

• India and Australia’s federal systems have responded fairly well to COVID19. But the US system hasn’t (Observer Research Foundation)

 

Law

• Undercutting internet governance in Brazil (Verfassungs Blog)
• State intervention is needed to make farming economically and ecologically viable (The Indian Express)
• Bleeding green (Dawn)

 

Democracy

• Data privacy and democracy in a pandemic (Policy Forum)

 

Security                                                                                                                                       

• Locking horns at the border (observer Research Foundation)
• Baloch Nationalism (Dawn)

 

Other

• South Asia’s floods don’t have borders – So why does flood governance? (Observer Research Foundation)
• Turning government failure into success: how Korea learned from MERS to succeed on COVID-19 (Dev Policy)