2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (466+ words) For several decades, the Indian conception of development has been anchored in the triad of roti, kapda, aur makaan'food, clothing, and shelter....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (780+ words) People have become used to living with AI fairly quickly. ChatGPT is barely three years old but has changed the way many of us communicate or deal with large amounts of information. It has also led to serious'concerns about jobs....

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (847+ words) China posted a record trade surplus of $1.2 trillion in 2025, despite years of escalating US tariffs Direct exports to the US fell sharply, but gains across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the EU more than compensated A "great reallocation" in global…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (888+ words) US president Donald Trump's attacks on the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, are yet another signal of a new era of economic policymaking and governance. After repeatedly'calling Powell "stupid'for not lowering interest rates quickly enough, Trump has now…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (574+ words) The report, released on January 8, said supportive monetary and fiscal policies, strong domestic demand and public investment are helping Asian economies weather rising trade barriers, elevated debt and geopolitical uncertainty that continue to cloud the global outlook. "A combination of…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (656+ words) At the recently concluded Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, Spain, sovereign debt emerged as one of the most urgent and widely discussed issues. Strong, often critical perspectives from heads of state, international institutions, civil society leaders…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (304+ words) The mounting'debt crisis in developing countries is often portrayed as a failure of fiscal prudence or governance. But The Jubilee Report, released recently, showed that this narrative is both misleading and incomplete. The truth is, today's crisis is a systemic…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (608+ words) In 2013, nine countries saw their external sovereign debt service as a share of GDP exceed their education expenditure as a share of GDP, while 35 countries saw their external sovereign debt service as a share of GDP exceed their health expenditure…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (506+ words) The fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), currently underway in Seville, Spain, has unveiled a new borrowers" forum designed to assist debt-distressed countries. It will establish a platform for countries to share knowledge and experiences of best practices, provide…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (227+ words) The mounting'debt burden of the developing world has reached a stage where it has completely reversed the North-South resource flows. According to the World Bank International Debt Statistics, developing countries experienced a net resource outflow when they could least afford…...