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Neither dread Nor encourage them
(2006-10-28)
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 ...
Why big sell-offs Irk politicians
(2002-10-21)
Regional disparity in economic and human development in India
(2003-10-22)
This paper examines the trends in regional disparity in India’s economic and
human development over the past two decades, and the direction of their causality. The
Indian regional data suggest a two-way causality between ...
IIMS-I Markets and equity in education
(2003-10-21)
The traditional market failure approach does not identify the
distinctive characteristics of higher education institutions
sufficiently as it does not focus on their organisational
architecture. Without this frame of ...