Economist Jeffrey S Hammer on peace in South Asia, Indo-Pak relations, and India's Covid response
Cross-border trade can pave the way for peace, exchange of ideas: Jeff Hammer © Chanpreet Khurana Cross-border trade can pave the way for peace, exchange of ideas: Jeff Hammer Health and development economist Jeffrey Stuart Hammer, 67, is pragmatic when it comes to the subject of peace in South Asia, a region he has studied for decades, first through his 25-year career at the World Bank and now as an academic. A non-resident senior fellow at India’s National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Professor Hammer also approaches the discussion with a wry sense of humour. Professor...