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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Indonesia’s Political- Economic Order

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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic which started in Wuhan, China has now spread to 213 countries and territories. The spread of this pandemic has shown an exponential growth trend. The fatality...

The Importance of ‘Where’ in Revitalization Strategies for Nepal — Part 4

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Summary The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath may have a transformational impact on the Nepali economy. Both government and non-state actors have recognized the important role of digital data technology...

Further Burdened: Women and the Pandemic in Pakistan

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The multiple normalized burdens on women – from social and so-called ‘cultural’ ostracization and exclusion, patriarchal norms which discriminate simply on the basis of gender, economic and political marginalization and...

Governance in a Pandemic

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Boards are adapting to remote meetings for governance purposes. Post-pandemic associations will maintain some form of adapted governance. When asked how to adapt, I offer this advice: A. Technology –...

Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the COVID-19 Era: A Paradox, a Puzzle or a Mirage

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Introduction Reports in late August and early September suggest that the Bangladeshi economy is making a comeback from the COVID-19 induced downturn. Bangladesh entered the seventh month of the pandemic...

Impact of COVID-19 Response on Unemployment in Sri Lanka

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Introduction Goal number eight of the Sustainable Development Goals is set out as “Decent work and economic growth.” This goal recognizes that economic growth is not just an end, but...

Hustled Into a Dead End: The Delusional Belief in Chinese Corrosive Capital for the Construction of North Macedonia’s Highways

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This research paper examines trade relations and economic engagement between North Macedonia and China. It includes an assessment of how Chinese investment in the country affects its governance and exploits...

The Importance of ‘Where’ in Revitalization Strategies for Nepal — Part 3

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Summary This is the third of a four-part series emphasizing open access to place-based digital data as the basis for post-COVID revitalization efforts in Nepal. Part 1 introduced the need...

Favoured Friend: What is the Benefit for Serbia in the Sale of RTB Bor to Chinese Zijin?

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Serbia’s cooperation with China has increased rapidly since 2009. This report examines the 2018 privatization of Serbia’s mining and smelting complex RTB Bor by a Chinese company Zijin and its...

COVID-19 and Tourism in Nepal: Opportunities for New Pathways

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Introduction Flip through any important official or political document, whether the Constitution of Nepal, the election manifestos of political parties or a development plan of the government, tourism seems a...

Economic Reforms for Economic Prosperity: There is no Alternative to Speedy Reform

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Summary The post-pandemic recovery will require large sums of investment that will not be met through interventions from development partners. Nepal will have to open itself to foreign investments by...

Thailand: Jump- Starting Economy After Keeping COVID-19 At Bay

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Introduction Thailand has emerged as a success story in containing the COVID-19 outbreak, but the country still faces tremendous pressure on several fronts. A major effort will be required to...

Due Process during COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

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Introduction On 11 March 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Sri Lanka, the first diagnosis of COVID-19 was reported on 27...

The Fate of Globalization in the Post-Coronavirus Era by Deputy Regional Director Eric Hontz featured on The National Interest

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Globalization cannot simply resume after the virus is no longer a worldwide threat. The scars left behind are simply too deep to cover up with platitudes and promises to do...

COVID-19 and Remittance Flows in Nepal: Potential Turning Point for Development

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The Nepali economy shows an atypical structural change over the past one and half decades – the movement of labor out of agriculture was not triggered by new jobs in...

Against the Norm? Populism and the Coronavirus in Pakistan

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In the last decade, the pandemic of populism, both of the left and the right, has spread far and wide across continents, across different types of countries of varying levels...

Primum Non Nocere: A Policy Approach for Pharmaceutical Investment in Indonesia

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COVID-19 has thrown international trade and investment into disarray; however, it is first and foremost a global health crisis. With Global Value Chains (GVCs) receiving heightened scrutiny, no other industry...

Corruption Risk Assessment Framework for Business Associations and Chambers of Commerce

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Risk assessments are an essential element of any organization’s compliance program. The Principles on Combating Corruption for Business Associations and Chambers of Commerce (“Principles”) advise business membership organizations (“Associations”) to...

Accelerating Private Sector Reform

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Context Private Sector in Nepal: Following the restoration of peace and the establishment of liberal economic policies in the 1990s, there have been years of sustained private sector expansion in...

Facing a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic Cost of a Lockdown Strategy

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Background Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a...