Economy
“Long Way Home”: Should India be More Prudent on Overseas Investments?
The year 2021 has seen a rapid change of scenario in India's neighborhood with situations in Afghanistan and Myanmar getting more intense day by...
Pandemic Recovery Takes No Prisoners
The rain of calamities will immediately start when rains of currencies stop; when normalcy faces dystopian landscapes and when old economic models stay jammed...
An Outlook of Pakistan’s Economic History: 1947-2021
Since independence, the economy of Pakistan has always been in vicissitudes situations. If we look at it from the economic perspective, the historical background...
The Economic Fallout of Myanmar
The misery of Myanmar returned in the form of a nightmare. A country that parted ways with autocracy a decade earlier, welcomed the familiar...
Saudi social and economic change proves to be a delicate balancing act
The World Bank issued a stark warning in its 2018 outlook for the Saudi economy. “The Kingdom likely faces a looming poverty problem,” the...
Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Necessities
Pakistan has finally got the opportunity to look towards its economic development after facing internal and external security turmoil during last few decades. It...
Bank of England mirrors the Federal Reserve: Befuddling Inflation Keeps Hawkish Sentiments on Side-lines
The Bank of England (BoE) announced its Monetary Policy on Thursday, 5th August 2021. As expected, the BoE followed the footsteps of the Federal...
GCC Countries Back on Path to Economic Growth after Contraction Due to the Pandemic
Following a year of economic distress, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are expected to return to an aggregate growth of 2.2% in 2021, according...
Passing the Test of the Covid Pandemic
For love of domination we must substitute equality; for love of victory we must substitute justice; for brutality we must substitute intelligence; for competition...
Half a Decade On – Reflecting on Russia’s Unsung Successes
In 2016, as the incoming World Bank lead economist for Russia, I started writing about Russian economic issues. It is now time to bid...