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From Stress to Strategy: Gulf Capital and India's Development Finance Reckoning
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (161+ words) Author: Soumya Bhowmick As the Gulf crisis accelerates a reorientation of sovereign capital, India's development finance ambitions meet their moment of institutional reckoning Table 1: Major Gulf SWFs'Assets Under Management (AUM) and Annual Deployment (2024) Source: Deloitte Middle East, Gulf Sovereign Wealth…...
War Has a Price: Who Pays and What It Means for Investment
2+ week, 2+ day ago (250+ words) Author: Jyoti Singh War's economic costs from unlawful force often fall on host States and investors, not the responsible State. While the prohibition on the use of force is well established," the financial losses that follow, particularly those suffered by…...
Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Potential, Pitfalls, and Policy Challenges
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (376+ words) orfonline. org Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Potential, Pitfalls, and Policy Challenges As debt-for-nature swaps regain global traction, their promise of aligning fiscal relief with conservation objectives will depend on credible additionality, robust governance, and durable domestic ownership Debt-for-nature swaps have regained prominence…...
Industrial Policy in Budget 202627: Balancing Capability and Scale
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (172+ words) Author: Kumkum Mohata As geopolitics and trade increasingly intersect, industrial policy is being used to build domestic capability and reduce vulnerabilities. It signals how countries intend to compete, secure, and hedge in a changing global order. The'Union Budget 202627 reflects this…...
Tariffs and Trade Deals: Deconstructing the US approach
9+ mon, 21+ hour ago (260+ words) Author: Jhanvi Tripathi India targeted by US tariff announcement days after signing a landmark UK trade deal, exposing the fragility of global trade in an increasingly multipolar world. Over a whirlwind week, India has gone from the euphoria of signing…...