Back to IMF: Whither Pakistan’s Medina Model
Pakistan has
been availing International Monetary Fund loan packages without stricto
sensuo acting upon reforms since late 1980s. Its finance minister is now
horn-locked with the International...
Financial Inclusion in Europe and Central Asia: The Way Forward?
Authors: Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Cyril Muller*
If you are unbanked there is a high likelihood you are
living on the edge of poverty, exclusion and...
Ambitions are affordable for Asia and the Pacific
Three years of implementation of the transformative
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the
region has some catching up to do....
Gwadar: A Gateway
Gwadar means “Air Passage or Gateway” in
the local language, it is the most important city under the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC). It is natural deep...
Meet the entrepreneurs leading the transition to a green economy
Watching yet another truck dumping a load of vile-smelling fish
processing waste at a landfill located next to Kisumu’s largest informal
settlements, the foremost thought in...
The Sino-US Trade War: Why China can’t win it
Does our
history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it
directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore
cynical? Surely, our history...
Turkey and Trump’s sanctions-based “political economy”
By the end of last year, the Turkish economy had
slipped into a technical recession, boosting in 12 months by only 2.6%, despite
the fact that...
Ambiguity in European economic leadership
Europe's economic situation remains uncertain! The European economic
crisis and austerity policies remain in place. On the other hand, there is no
sign that the EU...
Economic integration: Asia and the Pacific’s best response to protectionism
Deepening economic integration in Asia and the Pacific is a longstanding
regional objective. Not an end in itself but a means of supporting the trade,
investment...
Closing the loop: Commission delivers on Circular Economy Action Plan
All 54 actions under the plan launched in 2015 have
now been delivered or are being implemented. This will contribute to boost
Europe's competitiveness, modernise its...