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More ‘can and must be done’ to eradicate caste-based discrimination in Nepal
Shocked over the killing last weekend of five men in Nepal, who had planned to escort home one of their girlfriends from a higher...
Coronavirus in a Time of Chimeras
As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down two-thirds of...
‘Business as unusual’: How COVID-19 could change the future of work
Millions of people around the world have been working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic and now experts are asking whether this “business as...
COVID-19 crisis: Older persons are the pillars of our society – we cannot leave them behind
Authors: Kaveh Zahedi and Eduardo Klien*
COVID-19 is turning our world upside down, especially for those at the end of the age spectrum. The virus...
South Asia: A COVID-19 Outlier?
International observers remain baffled at the rate of spread and impact of Corona on one of the most populous regions in the world. South...
The Pandemic Revives the Debate on Development and its Discontents
Authors: N.S Abhilasha and Aishwarya Bhuta
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to lives and livelihoods across the world. No nation-state, be it...
Humanity in the age of Covid-19 Pandemic
“We’ve got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis” - Johnnie Cochran
Coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down. It...
How to finance social protection in developing countries in the age of COVID-19
The world is now in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and the very adverse economic impact...
Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future crises
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries, and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented...
The lessons of ‘Non-discrimination’ from pandemic COVID-19
The unprecedented outbreak of novel coronavirus COVID-19 has stretched the frontier of human capacity to combat an emergency situation. Before the emergence of this...