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Economy
The economics of science
Issue Date: Oct 15, 1996
science and technology ( s & t ) reforms in China have neatly dovetailed into a dramatic transformation of the country's economy. A good case in point is the Fugou county in central China's Henan province, once a dusty landscape, where 70 per cent of the land area comprises sand and saline-alkali soil.
The culprit is...
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1996
the preparatory phase of the World Summit for Social Development witnessed the launch of several research projects relevant to and in support of issues like poverty, unemployment and social integration, to be discussed at the summit. The book under review is one of these.
Taking stock
Issue Date: Aug 31, 1996
The workings of currency markets has perplexed economists for a long time. The dynamics of speculative markets has been studied and modeled extensively with the hope of trying to beat the market. Now surprisingly, S Ghashghaie and his team has shown that the information cascade in markets follows the same dynamics as energy cascade in a turbulent fluid. The behaviour of long-and short-term investors and their interplay, plays a crucial role in the market, much like the energy flow from longer to shorter scales in a turbulent fluid.
Making of a nightmare
Issue Date: Aug 15, 1996
AZERBAIJAN
Issue Date: Aug 15, 1996
The city of Sumgait which was an environmentalist's nightmare, is now looking up. Almost every factory in this heavily industrialised city had to close due to skyrocketing costs after the loss of the erstwhile Soviet markets and subsidies. This has given some solace to those who have suffered one of the worst environmental disasters in the former Soviet Union, even though they have lost their jobs. A plan is now afoot to put Sumgait's economy back on track with a promise to provide both jobs and cleaner air.
UNITED NATIONS
Issue Date: Jul 31, 1996
The first comprehensive status report on tobacco consumption all over the world has been prepared by the World Health Organization. The study revealed that around 1,100 million individuals around the world smoke regularly. While use of tobacco has decreased in developed countries since the early '80s, this decrease has been offset by a comparable increase in less developed countries. It is estimated that if current trends continue, tobacco use will claim 10 million deaths per year, of which around seven million will occur in developing nations.
HARDY SURVIVOR
Issue Date: Apr 30, 1996
Twin problems of war
and drought has eaten into the Sri
Lankan economy. However, the resilience of the economy to fight back
during previous shocks has seen it
past most major crises. This time too,
analysts hope that the economy will
turn around. Says Patrick Amarasinghe,
chairpersoR of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
and industry, "The country has been very resilient
and has a strong private sector. We have had this war
going on fur the last so many years inspite of which we
have had growth."
The 20th century Nostradamus
Issue Date: Feb 29, 1996
WITH the advent of the modern era, people had long began conjecturing about the future, maintains Barry Minkin. Which way will the wind of change blow? This is the focus of the book in which business consultant, speaker and futurist Minkin has enlisted 100 trends that will most influence business and global economy beyond AD 2000.
Precarious perch
Issue Date: Dec 15, 1995
RECESSION, debt and oil crisis are common features of the present decade, which crippled the economy of many countries. The decade expe rienced very little stimulation and support to the health system. It is within this context that interes in the sustainability of healthcare in developing counte emerged, and questions were raised about the quality of investment in the field of health.
SPEED IS THE NEED
Issue Date: Dec 15, 1995
Bangladesh
wom
retain a sluggish annual gross
domes
product (GDP) rate below five
per a
unless it improves its pace of
refom
warns the World Bank (WB). A
rece
study conducted by WH foresees
Ah, GDP growth rate at 4.7 per
cent
1996-97 in the
absence of a bold
approach to reforms and
uncertain political scenario.
now depends on the new
government, which will be
place after the elections next
year, to speed up reforms il
is to expect more monetary
benefits from the Bank.
