Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 6 ('05) | Previous | Next Trevor Manuel: Falling walls in Africa -- South Africa's finance minister sees a narrowing gap between activist & official strategies, Newsweek, 4-11 Jul 05 Laura Tyson: Behind the EU backlash-Govts must address justifiable fears with an agenda to create jobs of the future, Business Week, 4-11 Jul 05 Sebastian Mallaby: Aid from the home front -- 'We must focus on rules and policies that we adopt at home that have spillover effects on poor countries,' Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 4 Jul 05 Too much money: A global savings glut is good for growth - but risks are mounting, by R Miller & assoc, Business Week, 4-11 Jul 05 Portfolio: 2ndQ results--Latin America stars, but world markets take a break: Most intl funds lagged their US rivals in qtr, w/ one major exception: LatAm, by B Kollmeyer, MarketWatch via Investor's Business Daily, 3 Jul 05 10 questions for Tony Blair: Time talks to the British Prime Minister about the G8, AIDS and Africa, by J McAllister, 3 Jul 05 Live 8 rocks the world, but will it help the poor?, by M Collett-White & assoc, Reuters via Columbia Newsblaster, 3 Jul 05 William Easterly: Tone deaf on Africa -- Big plans to end poverty in Africa miss the critical elements of feedback and accountability, New York Times (via NYU site), 3 Jul 05 [pdf] Economists see modest US growth & many worries: Issues include inflation, oil, China & when Fed will stop rising rates, by J Hilsenrath & assoc, Wall Street Journal, 1 Jul 05 (incl link to: Semiannual forecasting survey of 56 econ.; & The top forecaster) Charles Wolf: One Korea? -- How relevant is the German experience with unification in the 1990s to what might occur in Korea?, Wall Street Journal (via Rand site), 30 Jun 05 Jorge Casta�eda: Bolivia's crisis, Latin America's failure -- Bolivia is not a typical LatAm nation. It is perhaps the only one where indigenous people make up majority of population, Proj Synd via Daily Times (Pak.), 30 Jun 05 (Related link below: Jun 9th) Bush, before G8, pledges to double US Africa aid: He pledged to double aid over the next five years, by B Murray, Bloomberg News, 30 Jun 05 Mouse & wo/man: Copyright and the law -- Rip. Mix. Burn: Media cos. are jubilant at a Supreme Court judgment, but Congress should take them on, The Economist, 30 Jun 05 (Link to: Online pirates forced to walk the plank; & OECD report on digital music-Jun '05) Beware the bubbles: Even in a world of low inflation, central bankers cannot sleep soundly, The Economist, 30 Jun 05 (Link to: BIS annual report--Ch 3 on emerging markets) Turkey's evolving economy: Country ties its fortunes closer to global trade, putting pressure on Western Europe, by P Goodman, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 28 Jun 05 Joseph Nye: Quenching US's thirst for oil an attainable goal--Some detect a new 'Geo-Green' coalition-foreign-policy hawks & liberal environmentalists, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 28 Jun 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") World economy -- July outlook for '05-'06: Significant global risks include rising US rates, continued high oil prices, risk that fast-growing Chinese econ. stalls, & risk that trade protection could increase, Econ. Intel. Unit, 27 Jun 05 Coffee/tea break: Voyages of discovery -- The best of Asia: The ultimate insider's guide to Asia's most enchanting experiences, Time, 27 Jun-4 Jul 05 Kofi Annan: United we stand -- Reform the UN - but don't use a 'big stick' approach, Wall Street Journal, 26 Jun 05 World oil giants fighting here, partnering there: In today's oil world, dozens of state-owned & publicly traded cos. may do battle in some places & work deals in others, by J Blum, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 25 Jun 05 Jeffrey Sachs: Four easy pieces -- By joining the new worldwide effort to support Africa, Pres. Bush would honor America's security interests & the nation's generosity, New York Times via IHTribune, 25 Jun 05 Rodrigo de Rato: Cotton producing countries need urgent assistance -- Historically low world prices-a result of industrial country subsidies in part-are squeezing farmers' incomes, Le Figaro (France), 24 Jun 05 (posted by IMF Jul 25th) Portfolio: Alan Krueger--Are collectibles the new real estate?: A study looked at payoff from holding several kinds of collectibles, incl art, wine, antiques, ceramics, coins & others, New York Times (via Princeton site), 23 Jun 05 (Link to: J Econ Persp--Exec sum) Glenn Hubbard: A paradox of interest--Herb Stein was right that 'if something cannot go on forever it will stop.' US cannot continue indefinitely to absorb large volumes of global excess saving, Wall Street J (via AEI site), 23 Jun 05 US corporate investment overseas hits $252B: New investments by US cos. overseas reached a record high in '04, OECD said, Associated Press via Y! Finance, 23 Jun 05 (Link to: OECD statement, w/ link to investment report summary; & its Econ. globalization indicators-Jun '05) Ralf Dahrendorf: Handling the coming shades of gray--As societies age, there are implications for both economic & political choice, Project Syndicate via Financial Express (India), 23 Jun 05 China's gas guzzler: The CEO of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) must balance China's thirst for energy with its desire for corporate respectability, The Economist, 23 Jun 05 Kenneth Rogoff: Debt relief an empty, backward gesture--The fundamental problem with debt-relief mantra is that it looks backward rather than forward, Project Syndicate via Business Day (South Africa), 22 Jun 05 William Clinton: Six months after -- Four steps toward rebuilding after the tsunami, New York Times via IHTribune, 22 Jun 05 (Link to: Associated Press via San Diego Union Trib--Tsunami relief pledges surpass $10B-UN) Iraq leaders seek rebuilding aid: A major conference on Iraq attended by about 80 countries in Brussels is discussing ways to rebuild the violence-hit country, BBC News, 22 Jun 05 Nariman Behravesh: Is the global monetary tightening cycle about to end?-- W/ growth decelerating in many key economies, central banks that have been tightening may soon pause, Global Insight (formerly DRI-WEFA), 22 Jun 05 Drilling into high oil prices: Will crude's cost ever come down? What can OPEC do to help? Will it take a bite out of economic growth? We clear up some key questions, by S Reed, Business Week, 21 Jun 05 Philippines' Cardinal Jaime Sin dies at 76: He was one of Asia's most prominent religious leaders and a 'people power' icon, BBC News, 21 Jun 05 Tokyo, Osaka are world's priciest cities, report shows, by K Moore, Bloomberg News, 20 Jun 05 (Link to: Mercer HR -- '05 worldwide cost of living survey results) Jeffrey Garten: The almighty dollar is back -- Now there is likely to be a totally different currency model-a world dominated by the dollar in ways not seen since the early 1950s, Newsweek, 20-27 Jun 05 Portfolio: The midyear investment outlook -- Investors have options that didn't even exist a few years ago-and ample potential for long-term gains. Here's where to start, Business Week, 20-27 Jun 05 Coffee/tea break: Live 8--Three big shots, eight very big shows. Bob Geldof, Bono & Richard Curtis talk to Time's J Tyrangiel, 19 Jun 05 (Link to: The ONE campaign, w/ a link to Live 8) Editorial: A timely departure -- It took 5 African pres. to get Pres. Bush to finally face up to the dismal performance of his flagship program to promote development in poor nations, New York Times via IHTribune, 19 Jun 05 Only 11% of global service employment could be practically outsourced overseas, Finfacts (Ireland), 16 Jun 05 (Link to: McKinsey Global Inst.-- The emerging global labor market - 3 pts; its pdf links require free registr. | Text of report [pdf, via Yale site]) Robert Wade: The Bank's expertise -- A comment on: 'A regime changes -- Wolfowitz at the World Bank' (letter to the editor), Economist, 16 Jun 05 (w/ a link to the article) Call for development fund takes center stage at South summit, Agence France Presse via New Age (Bangladesh), 16 Jun 05[GMT/UTC] (Link to: IMF --G77 intro; and 2nd South summit Web site) Olivier Blanchard: Europe's blame game--Why the French dislike 'Bruxelles': The EU leaders attempted to reap the benefits of reform while avoiding the blame, Project Syndicate (via MIT site), 15 Jun 05 [pdf] State room: Vaclav Havel -- A rose for the 'unfree': This Sunday Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her 60th birthday, which in Buddhist culture marks an important milestone in one's life, Wash. Post (free registr. req'd), 15 Jun 05 OPEC raises quota a 5th time in a year as oil price surges: The increases in production in the past 12 months failed to stop oil's surge above $50 a barrel, by S Voss, Bloomberg News, 15 Jun 05 Aid key to debt-relief deal impact: A new agreement to cancel debts of poor nations is an important step forward for campaign to help Africa. But econ. impact is likely to remain modest, Oxford Analytical via Forbes, 14 Jun 05 Central America is holding its breath: The US Senate could soon start hearings on CAFTA trade pact. Right now the votes aren't there, Business Week, 13-20 Jun 05 Joseph Stiglitz: Cleaning up economic growth -- The rainforests are major carbon sinks, reducing level of CO2 in atmosphere, Project Syndicate via Business Day (South Africa), 13 Jun 05 Jeffrey Sachs: Africa's suffering is Bush's shame--Millions are dying because of American policy, Los Angeles Times (via Columbia site), 12 Jun 05 [pdf] Editorial: The Copenhagen solution -- Why global warming should rank at the bottom of the world's priorities, Wall Street Journal, 11 Jun 05 Robert Frank: A long-vanished theory proves worthy after all -- Unless we understand what drives consumption, we cannot predict how people will respond to policy changes like tax cuts, NYTimes via IHTribune, 11 Jun 05 US and Britain agree on relief for poor nations: The plan would free 18 nations from any obligation to repay estimated $16.7b they owe intl lenders, by A Cowell & assoc, New York Times via IHTribune, 10 Jun 05 Mouse & wo/man: The laptop trail -- The modern PC is a model of hyperefficient production and geopolitical sensitivities, by J Dean & assoc, Wall Street Journal, 9 Jun 05 C Schumer and L Graham: Free the yuan! -- 'While our efforts to pressure China to change have been called protectionist, nothing could be further from the truth,' NYTimes via IHTribune, 9 Jun 05 Horizons: Milton Friedman -- Free to choose: After 50 years, education vouchers are beginning to catch on, Wall Street Journal, 9 Jun 05 Is Bolivian backlash part of a wider trend?: Turmoil in Bolivia has caused the collapse of yet another govt. Is the backlash against foreign investors part of a broader trend in the region?, Economist Intelligence Unit, 9 Jun 05 Boardroom: Project management -- Overdue and over budget, over and over again: Companies are increasingly keen on projects. Why, when so many fail?, The Economist, 9 Jun 05 Editorial: Crumbs for Africa -- At a time when rich countries are mounting a noble & worthy effort to make poverty history, the Bush admin. is offering a drop in the bucket, New York Times via IHTribune, 8 Jun 05 Editorial: Mr. Bush and Africa--The president has shown that he understands the case for more development spending. He should follow his instinct again, boldly, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 7 Jun 05 Horizons: Robert Shiller--Stock market fantasies: Several kinds of 'selection bias' must be considered when we look at statistics on past stock market performance, Project Syndicate via Financial Express (India), 7 Jun 05 Newsroom: Putting the wheels back on -- Reuters' other routes: It may not replace too many Bloomberg terminals, but there are other openings in financial houses, by D Orr, Forbes, 6-20 Jun 05 Argentine economy--Default is over: Having finally emerged from its Dec '01 default, the nation has been rewarded with upgrades in its credit risk ratings. But it still confronts financial pressures, Economist Intelligence Unit, 6 Jun 05 IMF reviews its work on global financial sectors: Its head announced review of its monitoring of fin. sectors & private capital flows, Reuters, 6 Jun 05 (Related link: Internal audit--IMF's approach to liberalization of capital flows) Robert Barro: How the Fed could channel Greenspan -- His method for adjusting interest rates might be replaced by a written formula, Business Week (via Harvard site), 6-13 Jun 05 [pdf] William Easterly: The white band's burden--A great idea, Sir Bob Geldof, but there are more useful ways to help Africa, The Independent (via NYU site), 5 Jun 05 [pdf] (Link to: Live 8--Long walk to justice; link courtesy of NYT) Gordon Brown: Spend now, save lives -- UK's finance minister sets out his plan to help conquer deadly diseases in Africa, The Observer, 5 Jun 05 Richard Freeman: What really ails Europe (& USA)--The doubling of global workforce: Harvard economist explores consequences of addition of nations like China, India & ex-Soviet Union to global labor pool, Globalist, 3 Jun 05 China should keep currency peg -- Economist Mundell: He advised China to continue its gradual economic reforms to bring in market forces and foreign investment, Associated Press via China Daily, 3 Jun 05 Horizons: Hal Varian--Putting a White House annual report to a test: Does Economic Report of President accurately reflect the consensus views of the profession?, NYTimes (via UC Berkeley site), 2 Jun 05 Europe's battered tiger & the Chinese threat to Italian manufacturing: China has become the stuff of nightmares for business. Yet from the early 1960s, Italy was Europe's own economic tiger, The Economist, 2 Jun 05 In break with UN, Bush calls Sudan killings genocide: He discussed the 2-yr conflict in Darfur with S African pres & NATO sec-gen, by J VandeHei, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 2 Jun 05 Book value: Bradford DeLong -- Sisyphus as social democrat: Review of Richard Parker's John Kenneth Galbraith -- His life, his politics, his econ., Foreign Affairs, May/Jun '05 (Link to: NYTimes -- lst ch of book) Turkey shrugs off French EU 'non': Ankara puts on brave face, compiled by staff from wire reports, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 31 May 05 (Link to: Finance & Development--Graphic: Turkish economic recovery) Jeffrey Garten: Farewell, Wolfensohn -- He kept two flames burning even as the Bush administration pursued very different priorities, International Herald Tribune, 31 May 05 Nook & cranny: Arvind Panagariya -- An India-China free trade area?: Such a bloc may give Asia the necessary leverage to pry open NAFTA & EU blocs to outsiders thru multilateral liberalization, Econ.Times (India) [via Columbia site], 20 Apr 05 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. 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