IMF's Liquidity Gap I S G SO the crunch has finally come. The International Monetary Fund has decided to suspend new negotiations on balance of payments support in view of, what has been described...
International Economic Affairs
Bleak IDA-7 Prospects I S G TO understand the current situation, let us start with a bit of past history. The sixth replenishment (IDA-6) of the International Development Association, the soft loan...
accountable to elected authorities. It is this what 'privatisation' really means, and what is in store for substantial sections of central and local administration (especially for the Tatter). It is...
Non-Resident Control and National Interest I S G I AM afraid the discussion on investment by non-resident Indians in Indian companies is altogether misplaced. The major issue, in my view, should not...
NAM Tails behind Brandt I S G TOWARDS the close of 1979 when the world in general and industrial countries in particular already faced prospects of prolonged, severe recession, the Independent...
Day Dreaming on Oil Price ISG OIL price hay been under downward pressure from early 1980, though for some time in between, in the early phase of the Iran-Iraq war, there was ;i firming up, Lately,...
January 15, 1983 ment lies: "It goes without saying that the Right-wing reactionary forces represent a dangerous alternative to Indian National Congress power at the national level. This is the...
Did GATT Hold Any Promise at All? I S G GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) should serve as a standing reminder to all and sundry that one country one vote does not, by itself, work...
THE developing country with the largest outstanding external debt is now Mexico. Last month it was in danger of defaulting on its payments. Something like $ 16 billion were duo to be repaid by...
