Courtesy: Asia Briefing
China ranks fourth globally for retail development, while India’s retail development ranking fell nine spots from the 2012 GRDI to 14th overall after experiencing backlash from the global economic slowdown. A comparison of India and China’s retail sectors reveals some lessons for retailers in both markets.
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The U.S. economy is recovering, and the dollar strengthening, the lack of which has been behind much of the Global Financial Crisis over the past four years, and one that is largely responsible for the slowdown in China’s manufacturing. This is not a crisis, it’s a rebalancing, and the same is true for India.
Pankaj Saran, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, talks to Gateway House about the current relationship between the two countries and the prominent issues that need to be addressed for a durable partnership.
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In Indian politics, caste and religion still matter, but in many states, economic competence now matters more. Things look bad in New Delhi, but the capital is not the whole of India.
Fair Observer published Gateway House's Michael Kahn's article on Zimbabwe: The Road to Stability? He argues that President Mugabe's re-election means ZANU has now re-established its hegemony in Zimbabwe, allowing the government to advance its economic agenda in concert with parties that abide by its rules.
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This daily column includes Gateway House’s Badi Soch – big thought – of the day’s foreign policy events. This Badi Soch deliberates on the timing of the CIA’s admission of involvement in overthrowing Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953 and the implications of this disclosure
Gateway House's Sima Sirohi's article was published in Italian by Geo-Politica, the official Journal of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences, Rome.
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India America Today published Tony Fernandes' article that was a part of the Gateway House's Liberal Agenda publication. India-America Today is a news organisation focusing on India and Indian American subjects. He argued that both the private sector and the government must equally do their parts to create an equitable India to sustain economic growth for generations.
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India America Today published Surjit Bhalla's article which originally appeared in Gateway House's Liberal Agenda publication. He argues that the reforms of the early 1990s did not bring economic freedom to a majority of the population, which explains a large proportion of the economic and social ills that affect India today.
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India America Today published Ambassador Shyam Saran's article which was part of Gateway House's Liberal Agenda publication. He argues that the war on terror and the global financial crisis has tilted the balance of authority on the side of the state.
