Disaster-resilient infrastructure top priority in the Pacific
Tuesday
17th January
2023
JACK WHELAN | As floods wreaked havoc across vast areas of eastern Australia, 2022 was described as ‘The…
Category Archive: Feature series
Discussions about Pacific aid need to go beyond the instrumental and local voices must be heard
Tuesday
24th January
2023
HANNAH MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million…
Uplifting women in the kava industry not a break in Pacific tradition
Wednesday
25th January
2023
NIKKI RICHARDSON | In some parts of Vanuatu, women are still forbidden from entering a nakamal, or ‘kava…
Adani’s downfall – how a leading member of India’s Billionaire Raj fell victim to a stock market rout
Thursday
9th February
2023
YAN ISLAM | In 2018, James Crabtree, wrote a tome on India entitled ‘The Billionaire Raj’. His…
Comparing development indicators: Revisiting the Sen-Dreze thesis of India’s ‘uncertain glory’
Tuesday
10th October
2017
YAN ISLAM | In 2013, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and his co-author Jean Dreze published their treatise on India’s…
India’s growth slowdown: Reflections of the Reserve Bank
Saturday
14th October
2017
YAN ISLAM | India’s recent growth slowdown has elicited a lively national discussion – see here, for example. It…
Why India should be wary about celebrating its ranking in the latest ‘Doing Business’ report
Friday
3rd November
2017
YAN ISLAM | The much-noted flagship publication of the World Bank Doing Business (DB) was publicly unveiled recently.
Markets vs voters and the 2018 Malaysian elections: The questionable credibility of credit rating agencies
Monday
14th May
2018
YAN ISLAM | Millions of ordinary voters in Malaysia mustered moral courage and harnessed the yearning for change…
Australia’s immigration policy: Political and economic lessons for Europe
Monday
7th May
2018
YAN ISLAM | Far right European politicians have apparently ‘fallen in love’ with a particular aspect of…
Southeast Asia snapshot #56
Wednesday
9th August
2023
SOVINDA PO | Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announces resignation In a landmark announcement on 26 July 2023,…