The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Leveraging IT to ensure energy security
ENERGY is a key building block for sustaining any nation's socio-economic development. In his address to the nation on the eve of the 59th Independence Day, the President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, highlighted the ... More

EDITORIAL

Makes sense, wholesale
ALLOWING FOREIGN DIRECT Investment in retailing has been vexatious even at the best of times (read: strong coalition at the Centre), and now with the Left calling the political shots, the issue is becoming increasingly intractable. No wonder the ... More

ECONOMY

The IT difference
The growing role of the IT sector in India's economy is now well established. But the implications it has for economy-wide growth and welfare are still a source of controversy. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine certain struct ural features of the IT sector to draw out some implications of the rapid growth of revenues from software and IT-enabled services. More

BANKING

Banking reforms marginalising the small, tiny sectors
JEAN TARDIF in his article The Hidden Dimensions of Globalisation: What is at Stake Geo-culturally? says: "Since the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, national territories have been the foundation of international relations based on ... More

WTO

Hong Kong Ministerial — Time to restore faith in WTO
Greater trade offers enormous opportunities for human development. Under the right conditions it has the potential to reduce poverty and promote economic growth. However, for many of the world's poorest countries, and for millions of poor people, the se conditions have yet to be created. This structural imbalance will again be in focus at the forthcoming Hong Kong Ministerial of the WTO, where developing countries must be firm in demanding fairplay in the terms of trade, says Harish Anand. More

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