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Development banks and the path to an efficient and sustainable recovery
The challenge is that the sacrifices we have made so far have been worth it. Juan Notaro I go through the newspapers in Latin America, and…
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The Pandemic’s Hidden Casualty: Human Rights
For many of Asia’s indigenous peoples, COVID-19 is exacerbating long-standing policies of marginalization. Carmina Flores-Obanil The lush forests of the Sierra Madre mountain range, on the…
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India paying price for Modi’s myopic China strategy
By ignoring the lessons from the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Modi has set his country on the road to disaster Bhim Bhurtel “Those who do not remember…
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The Great Lockdown through a Global Lens
The Great Lockdown is expected to play out in three phases, first as countries enter the lockdown, then as they exit, and finally as they escape…
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How — and When — Can the Coronavirus Vaccine Become a Reality?
It is likely we’ll eventually have a coronavirus vaccine — but perhaps not as quickly as some expect. From development, to clinical trials and distribution, Pro…
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COVID-19 reveals unequal urban citizenship in Manila, Dhaka and Delhi
Redento B Recio, Ishita Chatterjee and Lutfun Nahar Lata “COVID-19 lockdown means starvation,” laments Lila, a street vendor in Manila, in the Philippines. Lila has previously…
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COVID-19 a tragedy that offers opportunity for a reset
As the world begins to reopen after the devastation wreaked by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we will all watch and learn how different countries and regions…
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A severe risk of growing inequality between universities
Giorgio Marinoni and Hans de Wit COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as no other recent phenomenon has. Higher education did not escape the storm. According…
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Lives not worth saving
ALARMINGLY, Covid-19 cases have crossed the 125,000 mark, with deaths over a couple of thousands, and R0 (the infection reproduction rate) racing to two. But this…
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Coronavirus a Mixed Blessing for Russia’s Underworld
The more serious the economic slowdown, the more likely that this will lead to a redistribution of underworld power. Mark Galeotti Yesterday, erstwhile prime minister Dmitry…