Finance and morality the Malaysian way
Zeti Akhar Aziz, economic advisor to newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Bin Mohamad, believes that economic policy should be rooted in moral and religious ideas
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Creative regulations in trade in services
Pascal Kerneis, director of the European Services Forum, on the merits of one-shot regulations and migration control in a politically sensitive world
Understanding financialisation
Claude Lopez, Director, International Finance and Macroeconomics Research, Milken Institute, spoke to Gateway House on how innovation in the financial sector does not come from finance, but from technology, and the private sector ought to take the lead in regulating the instruments of tomorrow
Toshinori Doi on regulating digital finance
Gateway House spoke to Toshinori Doi, President, Policy Research Institute, Japan, on the sidelines of the Gateway of India Geoeconomic Dialogue, on the risks associated with digitising finance, the Belt and Road Initiative and dealing with Chinese market dominance
Interview with Danny Alexander of AIIB
One of the priorities of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which held its third annual meeting in Mumbai earlier this week, is to mobilise more private capital for infrastructure and support sustainable projects
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Embracing Trade in Services
Rise of trade in services has been extraordinary but we need to value how they are traded, measured, and regulated
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China in Bangladesh: remaking the financial rules
China’s investment in Bangladesh’s stock exchange gives Beijing a chance to shape the financial architecture of the most vibrant economy in India’s neighbourhood
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A Think20 rendezvous in Buenos Aires
Think20, the official sub-forum of the G20 for think tanks with expertise in global economic governance, launched the research agenda for 2018 in Buenos Aires to support Argentina’s priorities for the year
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The rise and rise of Xi Jinping
For the last fortnight, the world has been captivated by the events of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which elevated Chinese President Xi Jinping to the status accorded to Chairman Mao. Xi Jinping has consolidated his position in the CCP, strengthened his hold over the country and provided a policy road-map for the next five years. 'Xi' Jinping Thought' is now enshrined In the Chinese Constitution just as firmly as was 'Mao Zedong Thought'.
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Policy reforms for sustaining global growth
While the global economy is on an economic upswing, policy makers at the IMF, World Bank Annual Meetings 2017 recognised that a consistent framework is necessary to improve growth fundamentals, tackle rising debt, and address social and political concerns about rising inequities