COVID-19 Exacerbated Tendency to Centralise: Director, Accountability Initiative
9 June 2020
The 10-minute video is part of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s ‘Coronavignette’ series, and was first published here.
In it, Avani describes:
- How India’s federal stimulus packages is creating tension with state governments
- Why Prime Minister Narendra Modi soared in popularity after his decisive reaction to COVID-19, but now his leadership is increasingly in question
- How the lockdown forced India to reckon with its rural-to-urban labour migration.
- How COVID-19 could erase a decade of progress in public health, education, and poverty reduction
- At the same time, how COVID-19 could spur technological innovation in health, education, finance, and beyond
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