The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 18, 2005

Doctor to the world
FROM THE UNSUNG Indian nurses in hospitals abroad to doctors treating overseas patients at facilities in India, the country has been marking its place on the global healthcare map. The Government has joined hands with the healthcare industry to ... More

ECONOMY

Economic rationale of foreign aid
The debate on foreign aid and growth is back: Does it really help the recipient country or is it an instrument to spread the donor's influence? The agenda of multilateral institutions and nations is complex. But for the sake of posterity and for enha ncing the space for globalisation, carefully planned aid is worth global support, says A. Vasudevan. More

The economics in dharma
A CITIZEN'S right, the world over, is recognised by the country's legal system and national economic policies are framed keeping in mind such rights. The sovereign state guarantees these rights through its legal system and citizens look to the ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Single window for M&A
The Irani Committee's proposals on M&A appear to be realistic, says Mohan R. Lavi More

Divided over dividends
HISTORY is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. That's a quote that's `mostly' attributed to Ambrose Bierce, though I'm sure historians may like to ... More

Build confidence in book-building
Too much faith is being placed on price discovery, says S. Murlidharan More

Re-engineer your skills to cope with WTO challenges
BANANA war, Korean soju, bed linen, and codling moth: what's the common thread? All these are just a few of the international trade disputes that Palle Krishna Rao of PSG Institute of Management discusses in WTO: Text & Cases, from ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Singapore FTA: Against Asian unity?
While India's Free Trade Agreement with Singapore has been generally welcomed, there is more to it than meets the eye. What seems to be a win-win situation for both countries is in reality something like a cartel, and one, moreover, that seems to fav our inefficient producers in the partner country while keeping out the efficient producers of others. More

TRENDS

The 11-month syndrome
THERE ARE two sets of people in India. The chosen ones who live in Mumbai and the unlucky multitudes who are destined to live outside the great metropolis, even if it has become mucky after the recent rains. Mumbai's ... More

LETTERS

Flight safety

PM's speech

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