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Modi survives a COVID-19 battering

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has been a political phenomenon in India, despite it being one of the most fragmented and competitive democratic environments in the world. His first national election victory in 2014 gave his…

La via cinese alla guerra contro il Covid

Due morti e due aborti. E' il bilancio ufficiale dell'ultima quarantena di Xi'an, l'antica cittĂ  imperiale travolta tra dicembre e gennaio da un’ondata di Covid-19. La piĂą intensa registrata dalla Cina negli ultimi due anni. Un bilancio da…

Financing sustainable development

Covid-19 has very been expensive in terms of budgets as well as lives. Rich countries have rightly ramped up their budgetary spending – and budget deficits – to keep their populations afloat and to spur a post-pandemic recovery. They have…