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Pakistan's best chance to save its economy
Oped, Aasim M Husain, Published on 17/05/2025
» As the military confrontation between Pakistan and India continues, Pakistan's economy could be caught in the crossfire. The ongoing crisis has fuelled concerns that India may try to halt the flow of the Indus River into Pakistan -- a threat that Pakistan's struggling economy can ill afford.
The case for funding food security
Oped, Gelsomina Vigliotti & Maurizio Martina, Published on 17/10/2024
» Although enough food is produced to feed the global population, hunger and malnutrition due to conflict, poverty, economic slowdowns, and climate change still threaten millions of lives. In 2023, around 2.3 billion people faced moderate or severe food insecurity and more than 730 million people suffered from hunger, with undernutrition linked to almost one-half of deaths of children under age five.
Help out SMEs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/10/2024
» Re: "Stronger SME links 'key' to sustainability", (Business, Oct 12).
What microfinance can teach world economists
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 13/09/2024
» 'Economics is a meaningless subject," Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, microfinance pioneer, and rogue economist told Time magazine a few months ago.
Does the latest Gallup poll tell all?
Oped, Sam Rainsy, Published on 15/12/2023
» A survey of opinion in Cambodia published by Gallup in August shows the impossibility of trying to gauge the views of the public under a dictatorship determined to stamp out any trace of dissent.
Adaptability is key to national survival
Oped, Charika Channuntapipat and Pongtat Vanichanan, Published on 04/01/2023
» Covid-19. Technological disruption. Climate crisis. These have happened at a rapid pace that challenges the adaptability of people around the world. Is Thailand prepared to withstand these challenges? Ask the children -- the future of the country -- and their answers, according to the 2018 PISA Survey of 15-year-old children around the world, are not so encouraging.