Protecting precarious workers: evidence from Sri Lanka
- January 11, 2021by Priyanka Jayawardena - IPS (Sri Lanka)
Ensuring adequate social protection coverage for all informal workers is a crucial challenge for Sri Lanka.
The vaccine can be India’s soft power
- January 11, 2021by G Parthasarath - CPR (India)
With the pandemic holding the centrestage, India has become the focus of growing world attention.
COVID-19 And SDG 11: Making cities liveable
- January 9, 2021by Syed Yusuf Saadat - CPD (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh’s performance on indicators under SDG 11 has been mixed.
Bangladesh’s tax revenue increases in first half despite COVID-19 fallout
- January 8, 2021by Doulot Akter Mala - CPD (Bangladesh)
The country’s tax revenue collection grew by 2.10% in the first half of the current fiscal year.
Can army and air force tackle climate change, pandemic? This is why diplomacy is needed
- January 8, 2021by Shyam Saran - CPR (India)
It is only through diplomacy that nation-states can navigate the complex geopolitical terrains of climate change and COVID-19.
Drivers of Disparity: How Policy Responses to COVID-19 Can Increase Inequalities
- January 7, 2021by Mma Amara Ekeruche - CSEA (Nigeria)
Nigeria and Uganda have expanded existing cash transfer programmes to deliver funds to the most vulnerable during the pandemic.
The economy, politics and the second wave of COVID-19
- in Spanish - January 7, 2021by Beatriz Muriel - INESAD (Bolivia)
In the second wave of COVID-19, the implementation of a rigid quarantine is no longer viable.
Postal vote in comparative perspective
- in Spanish - January 5, 2021by Alejandro Álvarez, Gabriel Ortiz - Espacio Público (Chile)
Due to the pandemic, the search for alternative voting methods has started ahead of the next election in Chile.
Sanitary measures to promote participation in electoral processes in the context of a pandemic
- in Spanish - January 5, 2021Espacio Público (Chile)
To achieve safe elections, it is essential to strengthen the control of the pandemic.
Thinking about the pandemic from a new perspective: 6 proposals for Disaster Risk Management as a framework for action for the pandemic and recovery
- in Spanish - January 5, 2021Espacio Público (Chile)
How can we improve responses and think about structural solutions for the future in terms of new and recurring natural hazards?
COVID-19 and SDG 10: Creating inclusive societies
- January 5, 2021by Syed Yusuf Saadat - CPD (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh’s performance on indicators under SDG 10 in recent years is becoming a cause for concern.
COVID lockdown, how people managed and impact of welfare schemes on informal sector workers: Evidence from Delhi slums
- January 5, 2021by Ajit Mishra, Saudamini Das - IEG (India)
How have the central and state governments' welfare measures like direct cash transfer and food grain distribution benefited slum households?
The wounds that COVID-19 will leave in the family economy
- in Spanish - January 4, 2021by Carolina Trivelli - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
4 million Peruvians will be left out of the middle class this year due to the economic impact of COVID-19.
What can think tanks do to make public policies more effective?
- January 4, 2021by Margarita Beneke de Sanfeliú - FUSADES (El Salvador)
Think tanks can contribute by acting as catalysts for public policies’ articulation between actors at all levels.
Accurate data is much needed to overcome the impact of COVID-19
- January 3, 2021by Mustafizur Rahman - CPD (Bangladesh)
The recovery of the country’s economy following the coronavirus crisis is long and slow due to data scarcity.