This paper discusses a possible case for industrial policy with special reference to the two emerging global giants, China and India. It begins with a clarification of the meaning of industrial policy, since not only does the term mean different things to different people, but the traditional...

The Pacific Rim is a dynamic as well as diverse economic region, containing the world's three largest economies (US, China and Japan, measured by GDP at PPP). Many of the world's fasting growing and emerging market economies lie in this region. Trans-Pacific economic exchange, including trade...

This article analyzes differences in patterns of financial development across the major East Asian economies, particularly for the three largest economies of the region (China, Japan and South Korea), in the context of the possibilities for greater regional financial integration. It argues that...

The design of a commercially available vapour-absorption-type electrical refrigerator was changed to make it suitable for running on solar energy. The refrigerator was attached to an east-west oriented parabolic cylindrical collector to supply heat to the generator of the refrigerator. The test...