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- Services Exports as Growth Engineby C. P. Chandrasekhar on 14 May 2024 at 11:26
Interest in India’s almost unique success as a services exporter in global markets persists. India’s services export receipts rose from $95.8 billion in post-crisis year 2009-10 to $341.1 billion in 2023-24. Close to one half (47 per cent) of those…
- The Crisis of Liberalismby Prabhat Patnailk on 13 May 2024 at 07:48
Each strand of political praxis is informed by a political philosophy which analyses the world around us, especially, in modern times, its economic characteristics. On the basis of this analysis, the particular political philosophy sets out the objectives which have…
- Trade Liberalisation kicked away African Development Ladderby Jomo Kwame Sundaram on 9 May 2024 at 04:55
Africans have long been promised trade liberalisation would accelerate growth and structural transformation. Instead, it has cut its modest production capacities, industry and food security. Berg helped sink Africa The 1981 Berg Report was long the World Bank blueprint for African economic…
- Banga Hype at the Springsby C. P. Chandrasekhar on 2 May 2024 at 06:47
Less than a year back, a former chief executive of Mastercard, Ajay Banga, was in a surprise move picked to head the World Bank. Putting a Wall Street player addicted to profits in charge of a development institution claiming to…
- Water Flowing Upwards: Net financial flows from developing countriesby Jayati Ghosh on 30 April 2024 at 06:15
Once again, low and middle income countries (LMICs) are at the brutal receiving end of the fickle trajectory of international capital flows. As Figure 1 indicates, net financial flows to such countries, which increased rapidly after the Global Financial Crisis…