Wednesday 22 April: COVID-19 Policy Digest

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 livelihood security (The Indian Express)
• Potential response to COVID-19 in PNG: support for food production (Dev Policy Blog)
• The coronavirus stimulus is playing hard to get (The New York Times)

 

Society

• COVID-19: Brazil implements basic income policy following massive civil society campaign (Open Democracy)

 

Law

• Management of lockdown, its aftermath, will shape balance of power between centre and states (The Indian Express)

 

Democracy

• How China’s authoritarian model made COVID pandemic worse (National Endowment for Democracy)
• The post pandemic world (Policy Forum)

 

Security

• COVID-19 in South Asia: ‘Hard Policing’ approach has left police ill-prepared to respond to a pandemic (Policing Insight)