Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 9 ('04) | Previous | Next World Bank sees emerging economies boom, with risks: It warns of a sudden rise in global interest rates, Reuters via Forbes, 19 Apr 04 (Link to: WB statement--Global development finance 2004) Gary Becker: The wise way to stem illegal immigration--Is it fair or wise to place strict controls on legal immigration when little is done to stem illegal entry?, BusinessWeek, 19-26 Apr 04 May 04 [pdf] Merger fever breaks out in Bangalore: IBM's purchase of India's third-largest call center and back-office service provider may trigger a wave of acquisitions, by M Kripalani & assoc, BusinessWeek, 19-26 Apr 04 Afghanistan seeks trade and investors for its revival: Pres. Karzai put aside concerns about nation's security problems & turned his attention to biz, by C Gall, NYTimes(free-registr. req'd) | IHTribune, 19 Apr 04; and Seminar room: Afghanistan's recent economic developments -- A report on its IMF staff-monitored program, 16 Apr 04 (Link to: Its first IMF public information notice in 12 years) [Related archive link: Sep 22nd] The trouble with gushing oil demand: Traders, worried about any interruption in supply, have bid up prices, by P Coy & assoc, Business Week, 19-26 Apr 04 State room: The UN, the US and Iraq -- three editorials: At last, a good development: Bush and Blair gave a strong, and welcome, endorsement of the idea that the UN would begin to take the political lead in Iraq, New York Times (free-registr. req'd) | IHTribune, 17 Apr 04 ; The UN in Iraq: The difficult situation in Iraq doesn't lend itself to sim-ple or short-term answers, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 20 Apr 04; and Bush's Brahimi gamble: America shows weakness in Iraq by passing the buck to the UN, Wall Street Journal, 20 Apr 04 Volcker to head UN Iraq probe: UN's Annan appointed ex-Fed chief to head a panel to probe allegations of corruption, by C Lynch, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 17 Apr 04 (Related link below: Mar 31st) Seminar room: Barry Eichengreen -- The financial instability challenge paper for the Copenhagen Consensus project (with summary), released 16 Apr 04 (incl a link in pdf) [Related archive link: Mar 4th] Seminar room: Comments on Barry Eichengreen's 'Financial instability' paper for Copenhagen Consensus project, by Charles Wyplosz (13pp) and Peter Henry (22pp), 16 Apr 04 A remedy for financial turbulence?: The severity and frequency of finan-cial crises in emerging markets over the past decade have made financial instability a scourge of our times, The Economist, 15 Apr 04 Daniel Cohen: Veils of ignorance -- In France, poverty is confused with religion; in America, poverty is confused with race, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 15 Apr 04 Mouse & wo/man: Killing creativity-Reviews of Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture: How big media uses technology and the law to lock down cul-ture & control creativity, The Economist, 15 Apr; and BusinessWeek, 29 Mar-5 Apr 04 (Link to: Contents | Full text of book) [Related archive link: Oct 10th) South Africa's election -- A landslide for Mbeki: After the expected victory of his ANC party, there is much to be done to consolidate the gains made in ten years of democracy, The Economist, 15 Apr 04 US pushes China hard on trade: Concessions to be sought at upcoming meeting, by Paul Blustein, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 15 Apr 04 Violence takes toll on rebuilding of Iraq: Security concerns spur a worker exodus, by Elizabeth Becker, New York Times with International Herald Tribune, 14 Apr 04 Boardroom: CEOs learn the technology ropes -- Burned by pricey proj-ects with scant returns in '90s, chief execs are more tech-savvy & watch CIOs & IT spending, by O Kharif, BusinessWeek, 13 Apr 04 (Link to: A CEO's guide to technology) Editorial: The IMF's next leader--The question is whether traditional Eu-ropean sway over selection process should be scrapped altogether, Wash-ington Post (free-registr.req'd), 13 Apr 04 (Link to: IMF statements by G-11 dir., & one dir.) Jeffrey Garten: The elusive costs of war -- Should we be worried about the war's spillover to the global economy?, Newsweek, 12-19/19-26 Apr 04 Tiny loans have big impact on poor: Microfinance is a long way from the world of a successful Silicon Valley venture capitalist, by Saritha Rai, New York Times (free-registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Trib, 12 Apr 04 Brazil's Embraer hits the stratosphere: Its new class of planes are a big hit with companies from US Airways to Alitalia, by J Wheatley & assoc, BusinessWeek, 12-19 Apr 04 Job exports -- Europe's turn: It's following the offshoring trend-and much of it is white-collar, by C Matlack & assoc, BusinessWeek, 12-19 Apr 04 Truly, a world of uncertainty: Despite growth in China and India, ana-lysts see no safe harbor. Their advice-Tread carefully, very carefully, by B Bremner & assoc, BusinessWeek, 12-19 Apr 04 Outsourcing, turned inside out: Foreign direct investment, or 'insourcing,' suggests free trade is not the one-way street critics make it out to be, by Ken Belson, NYTimes (free-registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Trib, 11 Apr 04 World markets -- Cash and carry: Good news on jobs in America may have troubling repercussions for emerging markets, The Economist, 9 Apr 04 (Link to: IMF's global financial stability report, incl full text) Joseph Stiglitz: The IMF comes to Germany--The departure of the IMF head provides an occasion for reflection, both about the Fund and state of economics, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 7 Apr 04 Exchange rates -- Weighing it up: Malaysia ponders alternatives to the ringgit's dollar peg, The Economist, 7 Apr 04 Argentina's economy -- Running low on gas: The utilities price freeze of '02 helped soften the economic crisis and head off inflation, but has led to power shortages, Economist Intelligence Unit, 6 Apr 04 Jeffrey Sachs: The decline of America -- The US can be a great force for good; the US can also be a force for great ill, Project Syndicate via The Edge (Malaysia), 6 Apr 04 Trade deal -- What's in it for the workers?: Central American deal ignites a trade debate, by E Becker, NYTimes (free-registr. req'd) | IHTribune, 6 Apr 04 (Link to: Inst. for Intl. Econ policy brief--Labor standards, devt & Centr. Amer. FTA [pdf]) Asia, a market bubble or still a buy?: Bargain hunters still flock to Asia, but some worry about risk of stock market bubbles, by Wayne Arnold, New York Times (free-registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Tribune, 6 Apr 04 Chasing cheap labor to the east: East & Central Europeans are also look-ing east for low-cost manufacturing, by Peter Gumbel, Time, 4 Apr 04 Portfolio: First-quarter results--Stats on returns, by fund category, several time periods: Lipper, Morningstar and Standard & Poor's (latter two in-clude links to stats for other countries & for specific funds, w/ S&P's tour offer of its site) Daniel Yergin: Imagining a future of rising prices at the pump -- After many years of false alarms, is the world truly beginning to run out of oil?, New York Times (free-registr. req'd), 4 Apr 04 The global payoff from outsourcing: Intensely criticized in US, the prac-tice offers many benefits to people around the world, by C Farrell, Busi-nessWeek, 2 Apr 04 (Link to: A T Kearney�s 2004 Offshore location attractiveness index) The other side of the outsourcing debate: Q&A online with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-US)'s Ron Hira, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 2 Apr 04 Coffee/tea break: Former Bush aide will lead Columbia Business School, New York Times (free-registr. req'd), 1 Apr 2004 (Link to: Columbia News -- Glenn Hubbard appointed dean) [Related archive link: Jan 24th] Peruvian economist awarded Friedman Prize: Hernando de Soto is 2nd winner of Milton Friedman Prize for Liberty, Cato Institute says, by M Crutsinger, Associated Press via The Guardian, 1 Apr 04 (Link to: Cato Inst. statement) [Related archive link: May 4th]; and Hearing the dogs bark -- An interview with Hernando de Soto: 'The poor have houses but not titles; crops but not deeds; businesses but not stat-utes of incorporation', by Jeremy Clift, Finance and Devt., Dec 03 [pdf] Afghanistan's slow reconstruction: Money is good. But Afghans need security as well, The Economist, 1 Apr 04 Despite deep woes, democracy instills hope in South Africa: Ten years after the end of apartheid and white rule, by Richard Morin, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 31 Mar 04 'Oil for fraud?'--The UN's response: Comment on an editorial, by UN's E Mortimer, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 31 Mar 04 (Link to: WP--Oil for fraud?; and WSJ--Oil for scandal) [Related link below: Mar 23rd] Outsourcing creates jobs, study says: Industry report says offshore out-sourcing will boost economic growth, lower inflation, create jobs, CNN, 30 Mar 04 (Link to: Global Insight [formerly DRI-WEFA]--Offshore IT outsourcing & US econ.) Editorial: What's up with oil -- What has happened over the past 10 months to ruin forecasts of oil at $22 per barrel?: A guide to why prices are so high, Wall Street Journal, 30 Mar 04 Newsroom: Letter from America -- Alistair Cooke, veteran broadcaster, dies at 95, by F Prial, NYTimes (free-registr. req'd), 30 Mar 04 (Link to: BBC's tribute, incl his 1st, last, & classic letters--Witness to Robert Ken-nedy's death) A Alesina & F Giavazzi: Our unbalanced world -- West. Europe's over-representation and the developing countries' underrepresentation cannot last, Project Syndicate via Economic Times (India), 30 Mar 04 US worried as Caribbean nations defer on Haiti leaders, by Christopher Marquis, New York Times (free-registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Tribune, 30 Mar 04 (Link to: Haiti's struggle to restore the rule of law) A tale of two cities: From techie to truck driver in Silicon Valley. From tea broker to techie in Bangalore. The two sides of offshoring, by K Dolan & R Meredith, Forbes, 29 Mar-12 Apr 04 Survival of the biggest: Despite some spectacular collapses of giants like Enron, the fact remains that size confers a certain Darwinian advantage in biz, by Niall Ferguson, Forbes, 29 Mar-12 Apr 04 (Link to: World's 2000 leading cos.) Presentation: Global sourcing and high-tech jobs--Productivity gains and policy challenges [pdf], by C Mann, Inst. for Intl. Econ.; a report of her discussion is in the IMF Survey, 29 Mar 04 [pdf] (Related archive link: Jan 29th) Global risk for biz: Brief features/updates on Israel, Poland, Turkey, Argentina and Taiwan, Eurasia Group Politica, 29 Mar-5 Apr 04 (incl link to download in pdf) Boardroom: The ingredients for success of the top 50 companies of S&P 500 -- What makes for a top-performing company?, by J Hempel & assoc, BusinessWeek, 29 Mar-5 Apr 04 (Link to: The BW 50) Horizons: A Kerry team, a Clinton touch -- The four members of John Kerry's war room for economic policy are a motley team, by Louis Uchitelle, NYTimes (free-registr. req'd)| Intl. Herald Tribune, 28 Mar 04 State room: Clarke's critique reopens debate on Iraq war, by G Kessler & assoc, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 28 Mar 04 (Link to: Book excerpt from NYTimes and audio of preface from Newsweek) World--Productivity caps new jobs: If economy is recovering, where are all the new jobs? Unions blame outsourcing, but a bigger reason is surge in service-sector productivity, Economist Intelligence Unit, 26 Mar 04 IBM wins $750m IT outsourcing deal from India: Turning the tables on controversy in US, India's largest private telecom firm is outsourcing its IT needs to IBM, Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News, 26 Mar 04 IMF owns up to Argentina errors: In a self-examination of its handling of crisis, IMF says there are lessons to be learned, BBC, 25 Mar 04 (Link to: IMF assessment; and Staff report--Lessons from the crisis) [Related archive link: Jul 30th] Airlines under siege -- Special report: Silver linings, darkening clouds -- The airlines are struggling to survive their industry's rapid transition towards a new business model, The Economist, 25 Mar 04 Horizons: US economy--Trade tensions: The risk of trade protectionism is rising, despite its generally open trading regime, Economist Intelligence Unit, 25 Mar 04 (Earlier EIU analyses: Chip dispute; Slapping on sanc-tions; Clock ticking on trade tax cuts; and Big steal?) Horizons: Japan's economy -- An updated forecast: Has Japan finally turned the corner? EIU this month has raised its '04 GDP forecast sub-stantially to 2.8% from 1.3%, Economist Intelligence Unit, 24 Mar 04 Taiwan's economy -- Country risk summary: Incl. short-term risk event, political risk, economic and financing outlook, and economic forecast summary, Economist Intelligence Unit, 24 Mar 04 Iraq to investigate UN oil-for-food program: The UN has already begun an in-house probe of the alleged corruption, by A Lyon, Reuters via Forbes, 23 Mar 04 (Link to: Summary--GAO's "Recovering Iraq's assets --Prelim. observ. on US efforts") Nigeria offers Aristide haven, ally rebuffs it, by Somini Sengupta, New York Times (free-registr. req'd), 23 Mar 04 At the IMF, discord on how to pick next chief: Directors representing over 100 countries have issued a public statement, by P Blustein, Wash-ington Post (free-registr. req'd), 22 Mar 04 (Link to: IMF G-11 directors' statement) Editorial: Trade and labor rights--Workers may be paid little, but if they sign up freely, those jobs must be best available. But what if workers' choices are not free?, Washington Post (free-registr.req'd), 22 Mar 04 World risk -- Incumbent parties score clean sweep in polls: In Malaysia, Taiwan and El Salvador, Economist Intelligence Unit, 22 Mar 04 (Relat-ed EIU analyses: Taiwan -- By the skin of his stomach; and Malaysia --Early election, and After Dr Mahathir) Horizons: Laura D'Andrea Tyson -- This recovery could be built on quicksand: Neither the fiscal stimulus nor the foreign lending is sustainable, Business Week, 22-29 Mar 04 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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