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New Delhi can lend a helping hand as a responsible neighbour, but Sri Lanka’s future rests on its political establishment responding adequately to the people’s aspirations
Renewed proximity with India can help Sri Lanka reduce its dependence on foreign reserves, while giving Delhi the leverage to push for benefits
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed most economies into recession and heightened inequalities within and across countries. Mitigating current challenges requires greater solidarity, innovative thinking, and more effective international development cooperation. This paper makes a case for triangular cooperation as an instrument of development cooperation in current times. It outlines its advantages, examines the challenges involved in such partnerships,
China has been less harmed by the tariff war than was expected, and it has been remarkably resistant to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the only economy in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update that is likely to have a positive growth rate of 1 per cent in 2020. This has probably reinforced Xi’s belief that a strong one-party state is better able to handle the challenges. He has also pushed state-owned market enterprises to follow market rules
Fears that European solidarity against Russia would crumble due to the new Italian coalition coming to power may be exaggerated, though not unfounded.
As the digital finance sector is advancing at a breakneck speed, proper regulations need to be put in place.
This paper dissects the causes behind Pakistan’s ongoing economic crisis. The causes include dwindling forex reserves, the phenomenon of ‘galloping inflation’, a falling Pakistani Rupee, uncompetitive and undiversified export basket, burgeoning external debt, lack of fiscal prudence, debt distress, and a worsening business environment—all cascading to a balance of payment crisis. While austerity measures, appeals for loan rollover to debt
Beijing's passive approach has encouraged the policy banks to make decisions based on its economic interests thus slowing down Sri Lanka’s debt rest
Despite the high stakes, China’s passivity to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is related to the limitations of its elite capturing and extensive le
In an attempt to balance between India and China, Sri Lanka has imposed a one-year ban on all foreign research vessels
With the IMF being viewed by developing countries with skepticism, the G8 unrepresentative of current global realities and the UN too large, the G20 has done well to fill the gap in an effective global governance model. And the effectiveness of the G20 as an international body would be greatly determined by the structure it chooses to pursue.
This double whammy will pose a challenge to those at the bottom of the income pyramid
Analysing the Rajapaksa rule during the emergency in Sri Lanka as the country enters a state of complete chaos.
China and India talking RCEP is a good beginning, but there is a long way ahead
Between the data, the risks, and the narratives lies an uncertain future that will test the intellectual leadership of India’s G20 presidency.
The interrelationship between the troika—president, prime minister and the army chief—impairs Pakistan’s political system
Although the President’s efforts were applauded for the outreach, it seems that the peace overtures were motivated by political and economic reasons
The key contributors to Sri Lanka's current economic crisis is the country's nature of borrowing and foreign debt obligations.
The sudden transition to organic farming was the final blow that contributed to the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka.
Can G20 rise up to the occasion and meet the global expectations by coming to a universal agreement on crucial issues like trade and climate?
Trends in consumption growth in the last two decades suggest that IEA’s expectation of a decline in demand for petrol in India on account of growth
जगभरात जागतिक कर्ज वाढत असताना, G20 अध्यक्षपदाची सूत्रे हाती घेतल्यानंतर भारत जागतिक कर्ज संकटाच्या निराकरणात महत्वाची भूमिका बजावू शकतो.
The ‘duplex of Asian G20 presidencies’ led by Indonesia and India takes on a formidable agenda, one that is likely to shape the world economy for
The G20 has gradually transformed itself from a forum for economic crisis management — through international cooperation and discussion on specific
कोणतीही जागतिक सहमती किंवा फ्रेमवर्क नसताना, क्रिप्टोकरन्सी रेग्युलेशन हे एक क्षेत्र आहे जिथे भारत G20 अध्यक्षपदाचा फायदा घेऊन मार्ग दाखवू शकतो.
सहयोगी प्रयत्नांद्वारे अजेंडा, कृती-केंद्रित योजना आणि निर्णय विकसित करून, भारत एका अनोख्या पद्धतीने G20 अजेंडाचे नेतृत्व करू शकतो.
The G20, though formed in 1999, was chosen as a forum to discuss financial reforms after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
The real reform of the international financial architecture can only be completed when Emerging Economies or the other half of the G20 are fully repre
With the rise of global debt levels in recent times, the current requirement of debt restructuring programmes is to ameliorate debt transparency.
Dhaka needs to urgently focus on effective methods for revenue enhancement and expenditure rationalisation to deal with the budgetary problems
2024 will see a consolidation of global efforts to leverage the DPI model, and there are indications that the enthusiasm surrounding DPIs could infect
A balanced and flexible regulatory environment that can accommodate the changing needs of consumers while protecting their interests is required
Pakistan will continue to be at sixes and sevens even if Imran Khan is on his way out.
To counter Chinese propaganda that is aimed to tarnish India’s image, India should assist its southern neighbour and publicise its efforts.
For India to be truly independent, systemic changes are necessary.
The five-country group faces challenges arising from bilateral differences and diverse political systems
Over 60 years of friendship, both India and the EU have maintained robust strategic relation;, however, in some critical areas, there is still room fo
While the promise of the “Afro-Asian century” is real, it will be tempered by two factors: economic and population growth
Solih’s visit underscored the strengthening of the economic and security ties in the backdrop of the Opposition’s ‘India Out’ campaign.
Prachanda’s visit highlights the two countries willingness to move beyond contentious issues and focus on mutually beneficial aspects
India may exceed the growth forecasts of the IMF and the World Bank but the task ahead is not easy, especially with 10 million jobs to be created, so much cleaning up to be done and so many disasters to be tackled.
