As the countdown to 2015 has begun, debates about the continuation of the MDGs and their reformulation have taken on greater urgency and significance. Our view is that there is a need to reformulate them to better reflect deprivations and inequities that are pervasive but not sufficiently...

With rapid globalisation, examining the economic impact of exchange rate flexibility as well as its volatility becomes imperative. In this context, our paper examines whether a country's degree of openness matters in choosing how flexible an exchange rate system should be if the objective is to...