Tuesday 25 August: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Tuesday 25 August: COVID-19 Policy Digest

Nepal

• Federal transgressions and the pandemic (The Kathmandu Post)
• How govt officials are looting the Covid coffers (The Record)
• Suture the wound, heal Nepal (My Republica)
• Thinking through the Nepal policy (The Hindu)
• The eternal dream of self-government (The Kathmandu Post)
• Reimagining social work (My Republica)

Economy        

• Financial repression revisited (Project Syndicate)
• Debunking the myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy’: How recipient countries shape China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Chatham House)

 

Society

• Belarus: Can people power topple Europe’s last dictator? (National Endowment for Democracy)
• Three years on: what’s next for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh? (The Daily Star)
• Inside Expression: August 2020 – How do you protest against injustice during a pandemic? (Article 19)

 

State and Governance

• Pandemic has driven home need for collaborations in public policy between experts and administrators (The Indian Express)
• Using big data analytics for transboundary water management (Wilson Centre)

 

Democracy

• Why Navalny matters (The Interpreter)

 

Security

• India-Bangladesh border talks have lessons for Nepal (Nepali Times)
• While seeking equilibrium with China, diplomatic adjustments through give-and-take must be explored (The Indian Express)