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The paradoxes of the Bangladesh miracle
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian, Published on 28/06/2021
» Ravaged periodically by natural calamities, long dependent on foreign aid and remittances, and a perennial source of refugees and emigrants, Bangladesh was once "a basket case of misery", as Zia Haider Rahman put it in his great debut novel, In the Light of What We Know.
The coming China shock
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman, Published on 25/02/2019
» In September 2018, we argued that China's economic and foreign policies were defying the "laws" of economics and geopolitics and warned that the situation could not last. Since then, our assessment has been borne out and our concerns have deepened.
The end of Chinese exceptionalism?
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian & Josh Felman, Published on 01/10/2018
» From Argentina to Turkey and from South Africa to Indonesia, emerging markets are once again being roiled by financial turbulence. But let us not lose sight of the biggest and potentially most problematic of them all: China.
Makro explores new wholesale frontier in India
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 19/02/2018
» Bangkok-based Siam Makro, part of US$50-billion Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, has entered the cash-and-carry wholesale business in India with the launch of LOTS Wholesale Solutions, believing that this huge new market will one day surpass its business at home.