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Brazil Economic History: Why it was the country of the future that always would be
Brazil has been described as a slumbering economic giant waiting to awake. It is the fifth largest and most populous country in the world, the ninth largest economy (in terms of purchasing power), and the largest market in South America, accounting for up to 60% of South America’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the [...]
Three factors that can derail India’s growth
Rediff.com Business Water Freshwater withdrawal today by steel, cement, aluminium, fertiliser, paper and power sectors is equivalent to the total domestic water demand (around 42 billion cubic metres per annum).Freshwater consumption (water that is lost through evaporation, products and wastes in industries) equals the total drinking and cooking water needs of India (5.6 billion cubic [...]
Latin America and the Caribbean’s Response to Growth in China and India
World Bank – Office of the Chief Economist – According to the study Latin America and the Caribbean’s Response to the Growth of China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications, concerns that both countries are displacing the LAC region in world markets for goods, services, foreign direct investment, and innovation are misleading. [...]
The New Paternalism
Nudge is an insightful entertaining read. I hope more policy-makers pay heed. For some reason reminded me of the Keynes quote “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.”ChronicleReview.com What does a peculiar pattern on the road have to do with fixing [...]
The world’s best investment: Vitamins for undernourished children
Some ideas in case you want to work on projects that change the world. Arrived at after a cost-benefit analysis.Copenhagen Consensus Center – CCC Home Page Over two years, more than 50 economists have worked to find the best solutions to ten of the world’s biggest challenges. During the last week of May, an expert [...]
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