OPINION
EDITORIAL
G-8 beckons
THE MOVE BY the Group of Eight nations to include India and China as members underscores the coming of age of the Asian giants. More significant is the virtual acknowledgment by G-8 of the importance of the world's most populous and influential, ...
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ECONOMY
Can India come of age in comity of nations?
Two Goldman Sachs reports, widely discussed in recent months, predict that in the next 50 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China will as a group become a much larger force in the world economy than the top rich countries of today. But the interpretat ion that India is well on its way to becoming an economic superpower is too optimistic as the reports also highlight the deficiencies that constrain rapid economic development in this country.
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Economic compulsions of coalition
More than the Common Minimum Programme, it is the Budget that will set the tone for UPA's economic agenda. Especially watched by the investing community will be the fate of reform and if it will be accelerated. Can coalition politics see this through ?
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FOREIGN TRADE
Unctad XI: ICT for developing countries
The e-strategies and policies of developing countries need to integrate both production and use of ICT wherein much can be learnt and gained by South-South cooperation. Scope for such cooperation exists because, unlike general-purpose technologies, S outh has considerable capability in ICT. Hence, any attempt at complementing ongoing bilateral and regional initiatives for IT cooperation with more broad-based cooperation among countries in the South can be instrumental in transforming the digital divide into digital dividend.
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PETROLEUM
Strategies to meet oil demand
With the world oil demand this year set to spurt the highest in a quarter century, the natural limits to production and the increasing impact of depletion and disruption in West Asia, it is vital that India develops an oil strategy for the medium ter m, says S. Narayan, describing several approaches.
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IPR
Intellectual property rights — US, trade sanctions and IPRs
DESPITE India's recent endeavour to comply fully with its TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) obligations, the US has put India on the "priority watch list" under Section 301 for failing to ...
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ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Good, bad and economics
IS THERE anything absolutely `good' or `evil'? Or, is everything a combination of good and bad? Mahatma Gandhi maintained that while man combines in him both the angel and the devil, the aim of social reformers ...
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