Despite much speculation, the ascension of a new president in Cuba is unlikely to usher in holistic economic change as the country’s political apparatus will surely impede wholesale reform Miguel Diáz ...

The elections, which were set for August, were postponed at the end of March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The constitution “does not seem to have envisaged the possibility of such an emergency ...

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 30, No. 7/8 (Feb. 18-25, 1995), pp. M13-M18 (6 pages) With the process of economic liberalisation in India there has been a remarkable increase in the total number ...

Following the passing of Manmohan Singh, former prime minister of India and chief architect of its economic liberalization, this episode of Beyond the Indus focuses on his legacy and the wider topic ...

Global warming could create substantial economic damage in agriculture, a new study finds. Around the globe, climate change threatens agricultural productivity, forcing up food prices. As the ...

Vol. 45, No. 4, Papers and Proceedings PARTS I and II Twenty-second Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists Lahore, December 19-22, 2006 (Winter 2006), ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned his country earlier this month when, out of the blue, he declared 85 percent of the nation's currency notes null and void. India's two highest rupee notes — ...

Privatisation and liberalisation are considered key economic development activities for nations. The primary objective of these activities is to transform state-owned enterprises into private sector ...

The success story of the East Asian economy was about the connection between trade and industrialisation — look at the cases of Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore. Trade-oriented ...

The VAT system was introduced during the first term of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, under the leadership of then ...

India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 after he was admitted to AIIMS Delhi's emergency department. Singh was brought to the emergency department this evening in a ...