Greetings from the Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR) and the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!  

We are pleased to share with you the Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR): Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2 | Special Issue on the COVID-19 Pandemic and India (January-March/April-June 2020). 

This Special Issue covers the COVID-19 pandemic that has already posed and continues to pose innumerable challenges for policymakers and citizens across the globe.  

We were honoured to have Forewords for the inaugural issue of the journal by:

1. Ms. Droupadi Murmu, Honourable Governor of Jharkhand
2. Prof. Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
3. Mr Andrew Ford, Consul General of the Australian Consulate in Kolkata
4. Prof. Rattan Lal, Distinguished Professor at the Ohio State University and recipient of the World Food Prize 2020
5. Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Emeritus Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Former Chairperson of University Grants Commission and of Indian Council for Social Science Research
6. Ms Samia Zennadi, Chairperson of Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), co-founder of APIC éditions and Founding Member of the Global University for Sustainability

The updated journal is now available on IndraStra OJS (http://ojs.indrastra.com/index.php/jdpr) as well as on the IMPRI website (https://www.impriindia.com/production/jdpr-journal/issues/vol-1-issue-1-and-2/).

Please find below the contents of the Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR): Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2 | Special Issue on the COVID-19 Pandemic and India (January-March/April-June 2020):

• Insights
• Trade in the Time of the COVID-19 Outbreak | Utpal Kumar De, Bibhas Saha
• Future of Work: The Emerging Gig Economy | Balwant Singh Mehta, Arjun Kumar
• The City Frontier: Lockdown and Local Governance | M. Ramachandran
• Exodus of Migrant Workers: The Mobility Conundrum During COVID-19 | P.C. Mohanan
• Spreading the Social Safety Net: A Pressing Need During COVID-19 | Rashmi Singh
• Rural Futures, the State and Markets | Amrita Saha, Marco Carreras
• Leadership During Pandemics: The Real Test | Almas Mazigo
• Challenges of Livelihood and Employment for Rural Poor and Return Migrants in Uttar Pradesh | Manoj Kumar Singh
  
• Policy Perspectives
• Maternal and Child Health Services amid COVID-19 and Lockdown Distresses | Simi Mehta, Shipra Maitra, Manish Priyadarshi
• COVID-19 Pandemic and its Consequences on the Elderly and the Disabled | I.C. Awasthi, Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar
  
• Special Articles
• Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Govind Kelkar, Balwant Singh Mehta, Simi Mehta, Srruthi Lekha Raaja Elango
• Work and Livelihood Losses in the Urban Informal Sector | Balwant Singh Mehta, Arjun Kumar
• New World Order and New India: The Uncertain Geopolitics | Partha Ray, Simi Mehta
  
• Young Voices
• Housing and Habitat Planning: Ubiquitous Global Implementation | Ziming Li, Aditi Madan
• COVID-19: Unexpected Shocks for Migrant Workers and Students | Mansi Awasthi
• COVID-19 and Digital Inclusion | Soumya Bhowmick, Vani Kaushik
• Reimagining Public Spaces: Adapting to a New Reality | Laura v. Puttkamer
• Work Life of the Youth in the Times of COVID-19 | Ritika Gupta, Anshula Mehta
  
• Report Review
• UN World Water Report 2020: Water and Climate Change – Report Review | Debojyoti Das

We look forward to your reading this inaugural issue of JDPR and welcome any feedback you may have.

Wishing you a safe and healthy 2021,

Regards,
JDPR and IMPRI Team