Tag:COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19
India should spend its way out of post-COVID-19 economic crisis
In view of the structural break in the global economy as well as the domestic economy, the government’s budget plans should be two-pronged —...
COVID-19
21 million COVID-19 cases globally reported last week is highest ever
21 million cases reported from across the world represent the highest number of weekly cases recorded by the World Health Organisation since the beginning...
COVID-19
Nepal faces trade deficit as COVID-19 rules
High cost of petroleum imports, lower exports and crashing in-home remittances together with a collapse of the tourism sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Health
WHO chief says COVID pandemic disrupted WHO’s five-year work
The poor progress on the triple billion health targets will weigh heavily as WHO’s current chief readies for a second term.
In his opening remarks...
India
Budget 2022: Government faces Hamletian dilemma on subsidies
The government would like to cut subsidies in Budget 2022, but the question is whether it can afford to do it just ahead of...
Bangladesh
How COVID-19 has shattered a family’s dreams
A Bangladeshi family's dreams of a good future life for their two young children is proving to be elusive as incomes come to a...
Civil society
Inequality doesn’t kill. Destitution kills.
From the perspectives of developmental economics, economic equality is not the greatest of virtues; neither is economic inequality the worst of vices.
By Anuj Kumar...
Accountability
Modi’s PMCARES and Gotabaya’s COVID–19 fund: Two similar kitties?
Beginning with a lack of accountability, there are a number of interesting similarities between the Sri Lankan president's COVID–19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...
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Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
