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Debt Servicing vs. Development Spending: A Trade-Off in Pakistan's Budget
Debt Servicing vs. Development Spending: A Trade-Off in Pakistan's Budget
Pakistan's challenge of balancing the debt servicing with development spending. By Pakeeza Bangash. (07/05/2024) Read More...


Currency Dominance: Dollar is the economy
Currency Dominance: Dollar is the economy

The US dollar and its impact on developing countries. By Tayyaba Rehan. (03/14/2024)

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To Uphold Democracy, ECOWAS and African Union Must Condemn Electoral Malpractice
To Uphold Democracy, ECOWAS and African Union Must Condemn Electoral Malpractice

ECOWAS and the African Union should adopt a consistent and principled approach to uphold democratic norms in member states. By Adimula Oluwabukola. (09/29/2023)

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SIFC: A Step Towards Progress
SIFC: A Step Towards Progress

Pakistan's Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) is a welcome and timely initiative. By Iqra Awan. (09/28/2023)

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The Political Crisis In Pakistan Would Worsen The Country’s Economic Woes
The Political Crisis In Pakistan Would Worsen The Country’s Economic Woes

How has the arrest of Imran Khan affected Pakistan's economy? By Hooria Noor. (07/03/2023)

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Are We Ready For Economic Independence?
Are We Ready For Economic Independence?

How well is Pakistan positioned for economic indepence? By yamna khajjak. (06/08/2023)

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The Economic Impact of Global Trade Wars on Pakistan: Lessons from History and Implications For the Future
The Economic Impact of Global Trade Wars on Pakistan: Lessons from History and Implications For the Future

Author discusses lessons learned from global trade wars and their implications for Pakistan's future.(05/17/2023)

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China’s Social Credit System: When Did Fiction Become Reality?
China’s Social Credit System: When Did Fiction Become Reality?

What does possible implementation of the China’s Social Credit System mean?  By Iuri M. Piovezan. (03/20/2023)

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Access Granted: How Digital Payments can Advance the Economic Rights of Africans
Access Granted: How Digital Payments can Advance the Economic Rights of Africans

How can Africa leverage the success of mobile payments for economic development?  By Samuel Kamsi Okafor. (03/20/2023)

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Century of Blue Economy and Massive Blue Potential of Pakistan
Century of Blue Economy and Massive Blue Potential of Pakistan

Author argues that Pakistan must embrace its potential as a blue economy.  By Arshia Shakeel (01/13/2022)

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The Inflation Reduction Act Should Be Just the Beginning
The Inflation Reduction Act Should Be Just the Beginning

Without more direct intervention on the part of the public sector in combatting the climate crisis, what IRA will produce is a green capitalist industry with profit-making as the overriding concern... Read More...



Let’s Have a Fast Cracking Glass Ceiling in Global Banking
Let’s Have a Fast Cracking Glass Ceiling in Global Banking

By Mumukshu Patel. (03/08/2022)

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Why The Jordanian Dinar being Pegged To The U.S Dollar Is A Smart Idea
Why The Jordanian Dinar being Pegged To The U.S Dollar Is A Smart Idea

Jordan faces increasing unemployment rates and diminished foreign investment.  Pegging the Jordanian Dinar to the U.S. Dollar could help.  By Sara Alghanmeh. (12/01/2020)

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Where there is a Will – there is Brazil  Society 2020, despite the Pandemic
Where there is a Will – there is Brazil Society 2020, despite the Pandemic

COVID-19 and its social cultural and overall impact in Latin American societies.  By Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg. (10/21/2020)

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Why Does America Exclude Development Finance from its Foreign Aid Account?
Why Does America Exclude Development Finance from its Foreign Aid Account?

Foreign aid does not count development finance funding - resulting in billions of dollars being missed. What are its global impacts?  Here's a blueprint to correct it.  By Mumukshu Pa... Read More...



Could the New Four Trillion Stimulus Plan Save China's Economy after the COVID-19 disaster?
Could the New Four Trillion Stimulus Plan Save China's Economy after the COVID-19 disaster?

Will China's new round of economic stimulus repeat the "Four Trillions" plan of 2008 and how much it will boost China‘s economy in its search to recover from the coronavirus cri... Read More...



Brutal Legislation Means Economic Backlashes for Brunei
Brutal Legislation Means Economic Backlashes for Brunei

By Khalil K. Coleman, Alexis Walker, Myles Browne, and Anthony Burley. (07/03/2019)

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Indonesia might be trapped in Chinese debt with the BRI
Indonesia might be trapped in Chinese debt with the BRI

Indonesia, with its decreasing ability to pay foreign debts, might get trapped in Chinese debt with the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative. By Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Dendy In... Read More...



Mega Economies of Tomorrow: Indonesia’s Way Up
Mega Economies of Tomorrow: Indonesia’s Way Up

Challenges and prospects for Indonesia's growth.  By Dharendra Wardhana. (04/30/2019)

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America’s opportunity to show solidarity (in action) with Sri Lanka
America’s opportunity to show solidarity (in action) with Sri Lanka

The Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will review a proposed $480 million compact with Sri Lanka this week.  Supporting it will show solidrity in the wake of the recent terro... Read More...



Japan - A Quiet Geo-Economic Giant
Japan - A Quiet Geo-Economic Giant

The state of Japan and prospects moving ahead. By Dr. Masahiro Matsumara. (04/06/2019)

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Mississippi Blues Aren’t Music, They’re Trade Deficits
Mississippi Blues Aren’t Music, They’re Trade Deficits

The China-American trade war is pounding Mississippi's economy and farmers. By Anne Allen Hodge. (01/16/2019)

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From Vicious Cycle to the American Dream: Sect 201 of the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act
From Vicious Cycle to the American Dream: Sect 201 of the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act

Section 201 of the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018 is an important and necessary step forward. By April Xiaoyi Xu. (11/26/2018)

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MCC 2.0: A new approach to take America's premier global development agency through and beyond 2020
MCC 2.0: A new approach to take America's premier global development agency through and beyond 2020

A vision of MCC 2.0 that represents an approach to practically reorient the agency toward greater relevance and effectiveness. By Mumukshu Patel. (02/27/2018)

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Foreign Aid: 8 Bucks or 80 Cents a Benjamin?
Foreign Aid: 8 Bucks or 80 Cents a Benjamin?

What are the real numbers for US foreign aid and what do they mean? By Mitali Patel. (11/20/2017)

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The Good Old Hockey Game – Canada needs to change its defensive strategy
The Good Old Hockey Game – Canada needs to change its defensive strategy

Is Trudeau's trade policy with its NAFTA partners in trouble? By Dr. Bruce Mabley. (11/06/2017)

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The Return of Good Policies for Bad Reasons: Populism and Industrial Policy
The Return of Good Policies for Bad Reasons: Populism and Industrial Policy

In a world where people are disillusioned by the status quo, can industrial policy present alternatives that re-empower governments to mold and direct their economies?  By Amanda Janoo. (... Read More...



The Demise of NAFTA – Canada’s Silver Lining
The Demise of NAFTA – Canada’s Silver Lining

What's the fallout in Canada from recent NAFTA rumblings from President Trump? By Dr. Bruce Mabley. (05/04/2017)

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Paging Gov. Beasley: Will the World Food Program face a famine or flourish under American budget cut
Paging Gov. Beasley: Will the World Food Program face a famine or flourish under American budget cut

The WFP needs to flourish in these trying times to control world hunger and thirst. New Executive Director Gov. David Beasley needs to do just that. By M. Patel. (03/29/2017)

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Let’s shatter the glass ceiling for women in global banking
Let’s shatter the glass ceiling for women in global banking

On this International Women’s Day, we can start to begin the end of male dominance of MDBs: let’s shatter the glass ceiling for women in global MBD banking. By M. Patel. (03/08/2017)Read More...



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