Economy
Tata Motors’ Expansion into Sri Lanka: India’s Economic Diplomacy Amid China’s EV Dominance
On 12 March 2025, Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile family, along with DIMO, a Sri Lankan conglomerate and the only authorised distributor of Tata...
The Myth of Performance-Based Budgeting: Why It Won’t Fix Public Finance
For decades, governments around the world have pursued a dream: making public spending as efficient and accountable as the private sector. Enter performance-based budgeting...
Transforming India’s Horizon: Singaporean Charter Cities as Catalysts for Economic Renaissance
India’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation have positioned it as a rising global economic powerhouse. However, challenges such as bureaucratic inefficiencies, infrastructural deficits, and inconsistent...
The Global Decline of Traditional Education and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Skills Worldwide
The traditional education system in Western economies has visibly failed in slow motion over decades. Critical basic STEM skills were erased across the prime...
The Mobile Economy: Driving the Future of Digital Transformation
The global economy is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, driven by rapid digitalization and the widespread adoption of mobile technologies. Mobile networks and digital infrastructure...
American Taxpayers Will Pay the Heavy Price for Donald Trump’s Reckless Trade War
As Donald Trump threatens to impose heavy tariffs on numerous countries—and has already implemented many of these threats against Canada and Mexico—he boasts that...
China-Canada Trade War: How Retaliatory Tariffs Are Reshaping Global Markets
The escalating trade conflict between China and Canada has entered a new phase, with Beijing imposing sweeping tariffs on Canadian agricultural exports in response...
‘Resource Curse’ in the Oil-Wealth Countries: Lessons from South Sudan, Venezuela, and Indonesia
Countries with abundant natural resources, including fossil fuels, typically experience economic prosperity. For decades, many economists have claimed that resource richness significantly impacts economic...
Why Participatory Budgeting is the Future of Democracy
In an era where trust in government is declining and political apathy is on the rise, participatory budgeting (PB) offers a beacon of hope....
Indonesia’s Economic Renaissance: Bold Policies and United Alliances for a Resilient Future
Indonesia is at a crossroads. Signs of economic distress are growing—from a depreciating rupiah and falling stock markets to liquidity issues in key state-owned...