Iran: Currency reconversion not a turning point in economic reformation
One of Iran’s main economic policies, under the framework of the sixth five-year development plan, is modification of banking system and reformation of monetary...
Darkening Prospects: Global Economy to Slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 as Trade, Investment Weaken
Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 amid rising downside risks...
China-Pakistan Digital Corridor: A Smart Supplementation of CPEC
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the most important and imaginative projects commenced by the government of Pakistan in collaboration with the People...
Harbingers of global economic crisis
The upcoming global and financial crisis has been much talked about in the world, but what no one is talking about is how to...
Powell’s Doctrine Is Flawed: Alchemy Of Financial Markets Has Changed
During my deliberation, when I met my Macro Economics Prof John Huizinga from University of Chicago Booth in a networking event in Singapore in...
It’s New Year, The Same Old Fairy Tales
For more than two decades, Russia has been struggling to establish some economic influence, but such efforts have hit stumbling blocks which policy experts...
How to solve Asia’s waste crisis
If there’s one item that epitomizes our modern world, it’s plastic. It’s easy to make and use but does untold damage, especially in Asia...
Euro celebrates its 20th birthday
The euro, Europe's common currency, turns 20 on 1 January 2019. Exactly 20 years ago, on 1 January 1999, 11 EU countries launched a...
Rural vitalization through Internet Plus agriculture
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government recently released a rural vitalization strategy for the 2018-2022 period to promote poverty reduction, rural development, and...
Leveraging Korea’s Experience and Resources through Seoul Center Partnership
Korea's development experience has been a source of inspiration for many developing countries. Learning from Korea's success, its effective policy setting and decision-making offers...