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Obama ducks the banking challenge
(2009-08-08)
Privatization: theory and evidence
(2001-10-19)
Privatisation is very much the flavour of the day. Many enthusiasts of privatisation seem to
believe that a shift from public to private ownership will automatically make for improved
performance. Yet there is little in ...
Reforming the banking sector
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-11)
The committee on financial sector reforms highlights several concerns on the Indian banking sector - about financial deepening, inadequate competition, lack of scale, high spreads banking, the low usage of new technologies, ...
Sovereign wealth funds: Western fears
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-11)
Sovereign wealth funds control assets of somewhere between $ 1.9 and $ 2.9 trillion. What are swfs, how are they governed and why are developed countries anxious about such funds being set up by developing countries? And ...
Ten regulatory lessons from the sub-prime crisis
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2009-11-11)
The sub-prime crisis that erupted in the United States was the first manifestation of the larger financial crisis that has since swept across the world. What early lessons in regulation - on capital requirements, incentive ...
Taking stock of foreign institutional investors
(2005-10-28)
Why big sell-offs Irk politicians
(2002-10-21)
Growth, poverty and equity
(2000-10-14)
The World Bank, embarrassed no
end by the controversy over the exit
of its chief economist, Joseph
Stiglitz, last November, has just had
another high-profile departure. Ravi
Kanbur, a Cornell University professor
who ...
Indian IPO market: ready for a revival
(2002-07-19)