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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 26 September- 02 October

Economic Goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 out of reach, report says The world is unlikely to meet a longstanding goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank has said, citing the effects of “extraordinary” shocks to the global...

October 7 , 2022

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 7, 2020

Economic “Sectors, People and Regions… and second lockdowns” Europe sets up taskforces to ease coronavirus lockdowns France, Spain, Belgium and Finland are among many countries that have set up expert committees to examine a gradual easing of stay-...

April 7 , 2020

Round Table Discussion on China’s Economy

Having transited from a government-controlled economy to a market-based economy in 1990, China had been successively clocking double digit growth until a decade ago. China's economic miracle, however, appears to be gradually fading away in recent...

March 20 , 2017

Analysis of Recent Trends in China’s Economy

In the wake of recent downward trend in China’s economy, there have been a spate of articles and analyses predicting its early doom. However, It does seem unreasonable to postulate that an economy with over 71 per cent labour force participation, an...

July 18 , 2016