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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/COVID19 – COVID-19’s legacy of debt and debt service in developing countries (Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/covid-19s-legacy-of-debt-and-debt-service-in-developing-countries/

TUNISIA /COVID19 – Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Tunisia (Yasmina Abouzzohour and Nejla Ben Mimoune, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/policy-and-institutional-responses-to-covid-19-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-tunisia/

USA – Just before COVID-19, American migration hit a 73-year low (William H. Frey, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/15/just-before-covid-19-american-migration-hit-a-73-year-low/

USA – Dr. Robert Dallek on the U.S. Presidency and the 2020 election (Michael Fullilove, Lowy Institute)

In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Professor Robert Dallek, the distinguished presidential historian. Professor Dallek is a prize-winning author...

INDIA – Torrent of foreign money threatens India’s tight grip on rupee (Subhadip Sircar and Anirban Nag, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg)

A relentless torrent of funds rushing into India’s markets may tip the central bank’s delicate balancing act in 2021. For most of this year, the...

PAKISTAN – It is time to talk about caste in Pakistan and Pakistani diaspora (Shaista Abdul Aziz Patel, Al Jazeera)

On September 29, Manisha Valmiki, a 19-year-old Dalit girl succumbed to her injuries from a gang rape committed by four Thakur (upper-caste) men in...

INDIA – Thousands of nurses at India’s premier AIIMS strike amid pandemic (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

At least 5,000 nurses and paramedic staff at one of India’s premier medical institutes have gone on an indefinite strike over “long-pending” demands, severely...

CANADA/INDIA – Canadians rally for Indian farmers, say farm laws ‘simply unjust’ (Usaid Siddiqui, Al Jazeera)

Braving near-freezing temperatures and rains, hundreds of people in Canada’s major cities came out during the weekend to demonstrate their solidarity with the protesting...

UK/INDIA – UK PM Johnson to visit India in January to strengthen trade ties (Al Jazeera)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January, his first bilateral visit since taking office, to try to strengthen trade and...

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