Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 3 ('05) | Previous | Next Joseph Stiglitz: Why confidence in the UN has been enhanced -- Its 60th anniversary summit reflected its strengths & importance, but it also exposed its weaknesses & limitations, Proj Syndicate via The Edge (Malaysia), 13 Oct 05 Southeast Asia's economies -- In search of elusive domestic demand: The region still depends on exports, which can be fickle, The Economist, 13 Oct 05 (Related link: IMF--Asia-Pacific regional outlook, w/ box on avian flu's impact) Alan Krueger: Why the tepid response to higher gasoline prices?--Higher prices should lead consumers to conserve. So why was consumption up 10% when gasoline prices surged 53% fr. '98 to '04?, NYT (via Princeton site), 13 Oct 05 The next act at the Fed: Economists view Kohn & Bernanke as best choices to follow Greenspan, by T Annett, Wall Street Journal, 12 Oct 05 (incl link to: Economic forecasting survey of 56 econ.) The Doha round of world trade talks--America tries to get things moving: With crucial meeting in HK fast approaching, rich countries need to get serious about farm-support reforms, The Economist, 12 Oct 05 Editorial: The Kashmir earthquake--The shock may lead to fresh thinking, such as insurance schemes, or perhaps even to geopolitical progress, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 12 Oct 05 Syria's economy -- The IMF verdict: In break from previous practice, the govt has decided to authorize publication of findings of yearly IMF consultations, providing unprecedented insights into economy, Econ. Intelligence Unit, 11 Oct 05 (Link to: IMF public info; & staff report) Philip Bowring: Facing the facts on migration -- Buried in Global Commission on Intl. Migration report are some hard truths that should be thrown in face of govts, Intl. Herald Trib, 11 Oct 05 (Link to: Migration in an Interconnected World--Cmsn's statement [pdf] & info w/ link to full text) Editorial: Pandemic preparedness--Scientists announced they had reconstructed genetic code of flu virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 10 Oct 05 (Link to: Time--Will next pandemic rival 1918's Spanish flu?) Nobel Prize in Economics 2005 -- Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling: For having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation thru game theory, a method used to analyze strategic interaction among different agents, Nobel Foundation, 10 Oct 05 Nook & cranny: Paul Samuelson--Is there life after Nobel coronation?: ' "How can one win Nobel Prize?" With straight face, I stressed importance of working hard. In crescendo of modesty, I mentioned indispensable role of simple Luck,' Nobel Foundation, 7 May 02 El Salvador's greenback bind: Its dollarization in 2001 is seen as a success, but rising rates now pose a threat, by G Smith, Business Week, 10-17 Oct 05 Jeffrey Garten: Confident markets or in denial?--Should we be more worried?: Wall Street is notorious for being too optimistic for too long, and then too despairing when things go bad, Newsweek, 10-17 Oct 05 Iraq is open for business--Iraq's money man on dinars and dollars: Q&A with the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, by L Weymouth, Newsweek, 10-17 Oct 05 Earthquake's toll may rise; aftershocks are feared: Officials' estimates of the death toll today in South Asia hover around 20,000, by S Sengupta & assoc, New York Times via IHTribune, 9 Oct 05 Editorial: The sun also rises -- Japan's chances of prosperity & influence look surprisingly bright, The Economist, 6 Oct 05 (incl link to: Intro to a survey of Japan) William Pesek: IMF rebuffs US Treasury on China--Bravo!: Rarely has there been a greater need for what Paul O'Neill likes to call an 'honest broker' in the global financial system, Bloomberg News, 5 Oct 05 Portfolio: 3rd quarter results -- Risky emerging-market bonds reward investors, by R Koning, MarketWatch via Investor's Business Daily, 4 Oct 05; and The growing interest in growth stocks: The winning sorts of funds for past qtr include precious metals, natural resources & emerging markets - esp Latin America, by L Braham, Business Week, 3-10 Oct 05 This Bali bombing seen as having less economic effect: The attacks are likely to have immediate impact on Bali's tourism, but nation is likely to bounce back sooner than it did in '02, by W Arnold, NYTimes via IHTribune, 4 Oct 05 EU opens historic talks on membership for Turkey: Austria drops objections; process could last a decade, by J Anderson, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 4 Oct 05 Steve Forbes: Hurricane 'grasping government'--The private sector has created a variety of comml. weather products. But a few yrs ago Natl. Weather Service decided to compete head-on w/ these outfits, Forbes, 3-17 Oct 05 (Link to: WSJ via Pittsburgh PG--Ill winds blow profits to private forecasters) M Goldstein & M Mussa: The Fund appears to be sleeping at the wheel -- The only viable alternative is to insist that IMF does its assigned job as competent, unbiased intl. umpire of exchange rate policies, FT (via IIE site), 3 Oct 05 Hong Kong bull rush: The enclave is winning the race with Shanghai to become the de facto national stock market of China, by G Wehrfritz, Newsweek, 3-10 Oct 05 Robert Shiller: Interest rates & asset prices are not related--Asset prices-stocks, comm'l real estate, & even oil-are, historically, at high levels around the world, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 3 Oct 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") Asian and European heroes: These men & women take on challenges the rest of the world often prefers to avoid, reminding us all just how much a single person, even in the face of adversity, can accomplish, Time, 3-10 Oct 05 High oil prices met with anger worldwide: Both rich and poor countries make moves to appease citizens, by P Blustein & assoc, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 3 Oct 05 Jeffrey Garten: The pirates of global trade -- A new book calls for a global assault on contraband traffickers, Business Week, 3-10 Oct 05 Boardroom: Law firm arms itself so it can handle worst case scenario -- What would happen to your biz if, eg, US adopted an isolationist foreign policy?, by L Armitstead, Times of London, 2 Oct 05 (Link to: Global scenarios at Natl. Intell. Council and Shell) Erdogan challenges EU to be 'world player', not 'Christian club': Turkey's PM warned European Union it faced a choice between becoming a global power or a 'Christian club', Agence France Presse via EUbusiness, 2 Oct 05 Three suicide bombers carried out Bali attacks: The authorities suspect that Jemaah Islamiyah, a radical Islamic terrorist group in Indonesia, was behind the attacks, by R Bonner & assoc, NYTimes (free registr. req'd), 2 Oct 05 Mouse & wo/man: Graphic -- Get width it: Beyond the haves & have-nots of mobile handsets, PCs or hand-held IT devices, there is a deeper, & perhaps more debilitating, layer to the digital divide, OECD Observer, Sep '05 Foreign investment rises, UN says: Global investment flows into developing nations have bounced back from a 3-yr slump, according to an influential UN report, BBC News, 29 Sep 05 (Link to: World Investment Report '05--Unctad statement & highlights w/ link to full text) David Wessel: Counting on a miracle with US debt--We've been here before. We know what is coming, just not how and when, Wall Street Journal, 29 Sep 05 (Link to: William Cline--The US as a Debtor Nation: IIE In brief [pdf] & full text) Dubai's financial exchange--Do buy, do sell: A new stock exchange for the Middle East opens for business, The Economist, 29 Sep 05 (Earlier link: Saudi Arabia's market) IMF chief pressured on trade imbalances: US official demanded that IMF crack down on nations violating rules vs currency manipulation, by P Blustein, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 29 Sep 05 (Link to: IMF chief opposes US on China) Asia among most competitive economies: N Europe, E Asian nations among most competitive econ., survey shows, by H Lee, Korea Times, 28 Sep 05 (Link to: WEF Global Competitiveness Report--Country rankings & exec sum.) Robert Barro: What price catastrophe risk? -- Higher expectations of global conflict keep Treasury rates low, Business Week, 26 Sep-3 Oct 05 World Bank, IMF agree on debt relief, turn attention to trade: Wolfowitz said debt relief is only one step in process & that developing nations still need better intl. trade rules to grow, by W McQuillen, Bloomberg News, 26 Sep 05 Coffee/tea break: The real reasons you're working so hard... and what you can do about it, by M Mandel & assoc, Business Week, 26 Sep-3 Oct 05 Deal is reached to drop debt of 18 poor nations: Finance ministers from around the world reached agreement on a plan to wipe out as much as $55B in debt, by E Andrews, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 25 Sep 05 Top bankers see hurdles to emerging markets bonanza: There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of relentless rally in emerging markets w/c has lasted for 3 yrs, by P da Costa, Reuters, 24 Sep 05 (Link to: Inst Intl Fin--Statement w/ link to report: Capital flows to emerging markets) Dr. Wolfowitz, I presume: A conversation with the World Bank's new president, by P Gigot, Wall Street Journal, 24 Sep 05 Oil feels Rita's pinch: Analysis from Platts shows Category 4 hurricane will further delay refinery repairs, & fuel shortages are spreading, by B Evans & assoc, Platts Oilgram News via Business Week, 23 Sep 05 Hal Varian: Tenure, turnover and the quality of teaching -- Teacher quality depends critically on teacher turnover, but it is not clear why, New York Times (via UC Berkeley site), 22 Sep 05 The great thrift shift -- Intro to survey of world economy: America is spending while the rest of the world is saving. But for how long?, by Z Beddoes, The Economist, 22 Sep 05 Editorial: Measuring development -- This weekend's meetings of World Bank & Intl. Monetary Fund take place as interest in problems of poor countries grows, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 22 Sep 05 Global monetary policy -- A nasty whiff of inflation: Thanks to higher oil prices, inflation is creeping up all around the world, The Economist, 22 Sep 05 Equity and development: Equity, defined as equality of opportunities, should be integral part of poverty reduction strategy in developing world, World Bank says, FinFacts (Ireland), 21 Sep 05 (Link to: World Development Report '06, w/ link to overview & full text) Global expansion broadly on track, IMF says: The world econ. should grow at good rate over next yr & half, but several factors could throw it off course, acc to its latest twice-annual outlook, FinFacts (Ireland), 21 Sep 05 (Link to: World Economic Outlook) An easily threatened oil industry: A storm or terrorist attack anywhere could disrupt supplies globally, by J Blum, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 21 Sep 05 Oil, gasoline rise as Hurricane Rita shuts Gulf of Mexico rigs, by B Murray, Bloomberg News, 21 Sep 05 Kenneth Rogoff: From shock therapy to today's reform gridlock -- Will politicians finally tell their citizens that if their economies continue to sleep, they may not wake up?, Proj Syndicate via Business Day(S Africa), 21 Sep 05 Asia's Fab 50 companies (sorted by country): The mag's first annual listing of the region's Fabulous Fifty publicly-listed firms, by N Yehia, Forbes, 19 Sep-3 Oct 05 South Korea -- Wired at any price: A sobering example for a broadband world, by B Lee, Newsweek, 19 Sep-3 Oct 05 Laura Tyson: Land of unequal opportunity--New Orleans graphically showed what the Census report could not convey, Business Week, 19-26 Sep 05 IMF strategic review calls for return to basics: In major review, it said it needs to refocus on keeping tabs on emerging dangers in global fin.system, Ag. France Presse via ChNewsAsia (Singap.), 19 Sep 05 (Link to: FT[via IMF site]--De Rato: The world's lender must redefine its role to stay relevant) 10 questions for Bono: The singer & global advocate answers reader questions on world poverty & UN summit meeting, NYT Magazine (free registr. req'd), 18 Sep 05 (w/ link to an extended profile of him by J Traub) World Bank considers sending staff back to Iraq: Wolfowitz acknowledges that presence is important to success of rebuilding programs, by P Blustein, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 18 Sep 05 Bradford DeLong: America's opposing futures -- 'I recently learned something interesting: Serious economists whom I respect are on opposite sides of debate on external deficit,' Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 17 Sep 05 Joseph Stiglitz: Lessons learned from the 'black tsunami' -- Perhaps there is a silver lining in the clouds over New Orleans, Project Syndicate via The Nation (Thailand), 17 Sep 05 Private firms drive China's growth: Private biz has overtaken state sector to become main engine of econ. boom, OECD says in its 1st major study of China, by D Lague, International Herald Tribune, 17 Sep 05 (Link to: Econ. survey of China--Exec sum. & full text) Economists worried by global imbalances: A report from 2 leading think tanks attributes trade imbalances to mismatches bet. savings & investment in Asia, oil exporters & US, by C Giles & assoc, FT (via ICMB site), 16 Sep 05 [pdf] (Link to: Asia's official reserves-Myth & reality: CEPR statement & summary) Editorial: Hopeful words -- On helping the poor: Many wouldn't know a Millennium Development Goal, a Monterrey Consensus or a Doha round if all 3 jumped out & hit them in the head.A quick primer, NYT via IHTrib, 15 Sep 05 Editorial: Tackling poverty in Latin America--Social programmes that are good for democracy as well as for the fight vs poverty, The Economist, 15 Sep 05 (incl link to: Anti-poverty schemes in LatAm) IMF strikes positive note: A new IMF report struck a confident note that world financial system has grown more resilient, by H Stewart, The Guardian, 15 Sep 05 (Link to: Global Financial Stability Report) Poor nations need to strengthen accountability, IMF says: Developing nations must strengthen their internal institutions to speed economic growth, Reuters, 14 Sep 05 (see ch 3 of IMF's GFSR above) Adding jobs, but at what cost?: India's PM is implementing a rural jobs plan that aims to provide 100 days of work a year for the nation's 600 million rural inhabitants, by C Thomas, Bloomberg News via IHTrib, 14 Sep 05 Kemal Dervis: Why the millennium goals matter -- The UNDP head says there is no more important item on UN World Summit '05 agenda than battle vs extreme poverty, International Herald Tribune, 14 Sep 05 UN scales back plan of action: Assembly approves declaration on goals, internal reform, by C Lynch & assoc, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 14 Sep 05 (Link to: World Summit '05--Draft outcome document) Ante up for America -- A glance at global aid offers for Katrina: Dozens of nations have pledged assistance for hurricane victims, Foreign Policy, Sep '05 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. 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