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Which Countries Were (And Weren’t) Ready for Remote Work?

Harvard Business Review
Fletcher's Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi discuss new research, done in collaboration with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, that analyzes the “social distance readiness” of the economies of 42 countries in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the strength of internet infrastructures and key digital platforms and payment systems.

How to Flatten the Covid-19 Curve in Indonesia

Jakarta Globe
Cummings School Adjunct Professor Wiku Adisasmito writes this opinion piece on how Indonesia can learn from other countries how to develop a customized COVID-19 mitigation strategy.

Open Society University Network and Talloires Network Launch COV-AID in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Tufts Now
The Talloires Network and the Open Society University Network (OSUN) announced the launch of the OSUN-TN Educational Partnership with a new project aimed at supporting universities engaged in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Communities Of Virtual Alliance & Inter-Dependence (or “COV-AID”). The pilot phase of COV-AID consists of two parts: a six month webinar series entitled “Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope;” and a Student Engagement Award.