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Friday, October 1, 2010
The value of lobbyists
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Once the politician for whom they [lobbyists] worked leaves office, their revenue falls 20%, or $177,000 per year, suggesting that lobbyis...
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Maoists’ hydro madness in Nepal
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My latest piece is about UCPN(M)’s decree to stop all hydropower projects funded by foreigners and that are export-oriented. I think it i...
Can India’s growth rate take over China’s?
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Latest edition of The Economist says it might because of two factors: demography and democracy. Its economy is expected to expand by 8...
Understanding basic statistics for policymaking
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Compilation of several brief tutorials in a single file. Original source here . Refreshing and very useful! View it on full screen for clari...
Democratizing development economics
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The World Bank Group’s President Robert Zoellick argues that development economics as of now is not “democratic” enough and it must broaden...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
India’s bilateral trade talks
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Since further multilateral trade liberalizations agenda at the WTO is not moving forward (its nearly a decade since the Doha Round started—t...
Labor market flexibility and employment during crisis
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The global employment level is set to remain stagnant for 2010 before recovering in 2011, so say the authors of this note . They argue that ...
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