Monday 27 April: COVID-19 Article Update Nepal Charting a course for better days (My Republica) Why rapid tests are doing more harm than good (Nepali Times)   Economy Protectionism is no cure for pandemics (Project Syndicate) Pandemic lessons (The Dawn)   Society The danger of disease in the world’s largest r [...]

Friday 24 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest Nepal’s exit strategy (Nepali Times) Nepalis in London on the receiving end of xenophobia amidst Covid-19 fears (The Kathmandu Post)   Economy COVID-19: South Asian countries need a migrant worker-friendly disaster management policy (Observer Research Foundation) COVID-19 wi [...]

Thursday 23 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest Nepal How to save the economy from the pandemic (My Republica) On ending this lockdown (The Kathmandu Post)   Economy Amid COVID-19, the time to act is now to protect food security (Asian Development Blog) Planning for the economic recovery from COVID-19: A sustainability check [...]

Wednesday 22 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest Nepal While produce rots in Nepal’s fields, food imports continue from India (The Kathmandu Post) The Nepal we need in post-COVID-19 (My Republica) Expert Speak: Energy Sector (Nepal Economic Forum)   Economy Post-COVID-19: To meet challenges ahead, emphasis must be on livelih [...]

Tuesday 21 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest Nepal The Nepali economy will bounce back quick (The Kathmandu Post) COVID-19 affecting food security in Nepal: WFP (Nepali Times) Coronavirus severs Nepal’s economic lifeline (The Diplomat)   Economy Why COVID-19 is another blow for Kenya’s food security (The Conversation) Expl [...]

Monday 20 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest Nepal Working across Nepal’s data ecosystem as the economic crisis starts to hit (Dev Policy Blog) A failure of leadership (The Kathmandu Post)   Economy COVID-19: Food, nutrition and the global poor (Dev Policy Blog) To survive the pandemic, Indonesia’s urban poor need economic [...]