Shrinking monsoon

There is no doubt that India?s policymakers will have to deal with climate change on a war footing. The rise…

India?s growth potential

With GDP growth accelerating to 9.5% during the last two years, policymakers are optimistic that the Indian economy?s expansion is…

Growing disparities

There is now clear evidence of rising income and wealth disparities in India since the 1990s when economic reforms kicked…

Development and wars

Deep Fish has written about the push into Africa by transnationals from India and China, among others, driven by their…

Invisible power

While ?hot? capital inflows, especially portfolio investments, into India?s economy have triggered serious concerns of late, there is yet another…

Financial liberalisation

Recent research on the impact of financial globalisation ought to dampen the ardour with which ?cowboy-style? reform voices within the…

Arc of advantage

As a vision statement, the idea of working towards a larger East Asian community encompassing the Asean, China, Japan, Korea,…

Telecom boom

If there is one poster child of reform in India, it is mobile telephony. A decade ago, from a state-owned…

The NOC sisters

Now, national oil companies control the bulk of the world?s oil and gas reserves and one-third of their production

Rupee redux

The policymakers? concern regarding the rupee?s appreciation also goes hand-in-hand with their reluctance to do something about a market-determined phenomenon…

Urban revolution

The latest issue of IMF?s Finance and Development focuses on the relentless march of urbanisation with more than 50% of…

Yen for India

Although Japan?s Indophile premier Shinzo Abe has quit prematurely, the country?s prospects for a closer economic engagement with India have…