OPINION
EDITORIAL
Highway of opportunity
LIKE THE US and Europe, Asia has decided to have its own version of a transcontinental freeway going from Tokyo to Istanbul. Running through the Koreas, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, ...
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ECONOMY
Key issues that will come up for re-think
In today's competitive environment, whatever the economic move it has global implications, and engenders responses that may not be desirable.
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Forecasts on the economy
A recent article by Professors Dani Rodrik and Arvind Subramanian is optimistic on the country's growth prospects and its demographic edge in terms of working population. They, however, stress the need for fiscal discipline and point out the dangers of an overly ambitious agenda of liberalisation and privatisation that runs ahead of the supporting institutions or the productive ability of the economy.
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What is `reforms with human face'?
There is a case for economic reforms — withdrawing the state from activities the private sector can carry on profitably — and for a human face — redoubling the involvement of the state where only it can mediate. But the problem is in translating this into reality. Will the ruling alliance unitedly shrink, re-size and restructure the government to present its human face? Else, not only human resource development but also economic growth will suffer, says V. Anantha Nag eswaran.
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ENVIRONMENT
Silent Valley redux?
THE name might not quite ring a pristine Malayalam tone, but `Silent Valley' is as close to Keralites' collective memory as the rainforest is to Macaca silenus, the lion-tailed macaque that once was the mascot of a unique and sustained ...
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GOVT BONDS
Return of the capital indexed bonds
Capital indexed bonds can be used as a market indicator for inflation expectation.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Kasky v. Nike case — How much is a co's word worth?
WHETHER it is pesticide in bottled water or whether alleged environmental damages from copper smelting process, companies often make claims about their conduct. Now the question is, when they are sought to be prosecuted ...
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