The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 11, 2005

Summit sans consequence
THE GLENEAGLES SUMMIT of the G-8 will stand out for its focus on two issues: "Climate change, energy and sustainable development" and Africa. No doubt these are important subjects: The first because of the impact on the planet's future, and the ... More

ECONOMY

Making aid to Africa work
It is Africa's actions and leadership that will be the most important determinant of progress in generating an economic resurgence, advancing living standards and taking forward the fight against poverty. The more effective the action taken by Africa itself, the stronger the case for support from outside it. Partnership must be constructed around Africa's leadership. More

The conundrums in economic policy
The ongoing debate in US economic policy emphasises the fact that the lessons economists draw from their text-books have to be modified a great deal when it comes to practical application. Our own economists, who are generous with reformist solutions for India's problems, may need to look carefully at the conundrums that have emerged in US economic policy. More

ENVIRONMENT

Unfinished business
IT WAS inevitable that the meeting of G8 at Gleneagles, Scotland, to which India and four other countries — Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa — were special invitees, was overshadowed by the serial bomb blasts in London. The ... More

EDUCATION

Impoverished in innovation
India and its institutions have the ability to provide world-class undergraduate education, and train highly skilled managers and designers. However, they cannot claim to have the ability to organise cutting-edge research; in innovation and invention we still lag behind, says P. V. Indiresan. More

DEBT MARKET

Bond market in India — Shaken, but not stirred
THE WINDS of liberalisation sweeping the bond market and attracting foreign institutional investors (who can hold 30 per cent of their portfolios in fixed income instruments) are also making it choppy with changes in ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

Individuals now reach their global customers
IT IS not easy to be an entrepreneur. If you are creative enough to have a product or service you think is wanted by customers, reaching them becomes a major issue. Some entrepreneurs look for safety and turn themselves ... More

SECURITY

Advances, declines and potential brakes
CALL it witch-hunt or whatever, but it was sheer curiosity that let me hit the site www.lib.msu.edu and see a page titled `Declassified Documents and Other Sources for Secrets'. From there, a link takes me to ... More

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