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Article on the Dailymirror http://www.dailymirror.lk/features/Special-Economic-Zones-and-prospects-for-Sri-Lanka/185-204192 The motivation for Special Economic Zones, also commonly referred to as SEZs, stems from an innovative idea: to overcome distortions in policy and infrastructure constraints in domestic economies. Of course, it would have been a tedious job to sort out all the issues which hindered the way forward of an […]
More in Memory of Mr. P. R. Narvekar From the IMF It is with sadness that we announce the passing of the Fund’s former Deputy Managing Director, Prabhakar R. Narvekar, on Thursday, November 21, 2019. Mr. Narvekar, an Indian National, had a very long and distinguished career at the Fund that spanned four decades starting […]
Mr. Roberto F. de Ocampo on ASEAN’s 50th Anniversary http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/time-for-an-asian-asean-century The first step in Asean’s long journey to where it is today can perhaps be said to have been taken about 13 years before its formal founding in August of 1967 with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration by the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. […]
Argentina from Washington: Macri’s Telecommunications Policy is a key test for his modernizing effort/ La política de telecomunicaciones de Macri es una prueba clave para su esfuerzo modernizador November 2016 A government delegation from Argentina is visiting the US in a bid to attract investment for its telecommunications sector(ICT), as reported by the media. The […]
El Diablo sabe más por viejo, que por Diablo: Que se puede esperar de la visita del FMI a la Argentina Claudio M. Loser Centennial America Latina 21 de Setiembre, 2016 (Publicado en INFOLATAM) En los últimos días, entre otras conmociones, llegó a la Argentina una misión del Fondo Monetario Internacional para conducir la consulta […]
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Publicado en INFOLATAM/ Published in INFOLATAM- February 2 La vision desde Washington: La luna de miel del Presidente Macri puede terminar muy pronto y no solo en Argentina/ The View from Washington: President Macri honeymoon may end very soon and not only in Argentina (follows the Spanish version) Claudio M. Loser Febrero de 2016 El […]
Argentina Needs to Follow a Comprehensive Growth Enhancing Strategy
It is with profound sadness that we must inform our friends and colleagues of the untimely and unexpected passing of Dr Venkataraman Sundararajan, on April 11th in Khartoum, Sudan. Rajan, as he was known to many, was an internationally recognized authority on the financial sector. He headed the Centennial Group’s Financial Sector Practice. Before joining […]