Though the financial crisis recently suffered by several Southeast Asian countries has already been extensively studied, this article views the crisis as an object lesson for India. An analysis of the World Debt Tables, published by the World Bank indicates that, on the whole, India's...

The paper analyzes certain crucial aspects like, effect of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) on the Mexican economy after 13-15 years of its advent and benefits enjoyed by the participants as a result of economic integration. By analyzing the effects of NAFTA, the paper attempts to...

Nepal, a tiny country sandwiched between two giant economies, India and China, has been going through a political and economic setback in recent times. Nonetheless, Nepal has adopted the policy of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which has shown some positive results. This paper...

The implementation of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) in the case of Ghana has in turn been met with a lot of criticism. It is difficult to make a clear connection between SAPs and intensified gender bias. However, there appears to be some strong indication that at least some of the...

Since 1970s, just after Monetarists revolution that emphasized the stability of demand for money heavily, there have been numerous studies about demand for money estimation. While some studies showed that interest rate is not a very significant determinant of demand for money, some others...

This research paper is designed to discuss the theoretical principles governing the neoclassical world and then applies them to the case of Botswana. The analysis shows that poverty remains one of the biggest economic and social problems although Botswana experienced high growth rates since its...

Research comparing the labour market performance of recent cohorts of immigrants to Australia and Canada points to superior employment and earnings outcomes in Australia. Examining Australian and Canadian Census data between 1986 and 2006, we find that this performance advantage is not driven by...

We study the impact of language deficiency on the health production of childhood migrants to Australia. Our identification strategy relies on a quasi-experiment comparing immigrants arriving at different ages and from different linguistic origins by utilising a measure of differences along a...