Some predictions fail to recognize that, after a significant adjustment, China’s economy will almost certainly rebound strongly. The question is how significant that adjustment will be and how protracted will policy responses make the correction.Set against a weak global backdrop, we have to...

The North Korean economy has been a statistical black hole for decades but is undergoing substantial transformations. Rapid post-war industrialisation was not sustained beyond the mid-1960s and South Korea’s economy far outpaced North Korea’s during the next three decades, during which trend...

E-governance is very important for introducing greater effectiveness and efficiency in government operations and in government to citizen dealings. However, introduction of e-governance is not an easy task. It is not just introduction of technology, but it also involves human aspects. This...

The U.S. antidumping law suffers from a series of defects in its implementation, resulting in the unwarranted finding of illegal predatory pricing by foreign companies. In light of the existing technical flaws outlined in this Article, it is clear that the U.S. antidumping law is merely a form...

This paper is a study on aspects relating to performance assessment of faculty members in academic institutions. The author has conducted in-depth interviews of fifty academic leaders to identify aspects relating to academic performance assessment. The findings are summarized in the paper. The...

Although a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol has not materialised yet, the 2009 Copenhagen meeting underlined the importance of China in international debates on climate and energy. This is not only based on China’s current climate emissions, but also on its expected energy use and economic...

This paper discusses the development of four production sectors of the economies in Southeast Asia since the end of the Second World War: agriculture, non-renewable natural resources, manufacturing, and services. First, although Southeast Asia has experienced sectoral transformation toward...

The state-business relationship in the 1960s and 70s was a vertical one where the state led the private sector. The government made the plan, provided the necessary resources, and later evaluated the performance of the entrepreneurs who executed the plan. In the 1980s, however, the relationship...

Mutual funds are tools for savings and investment. They provide reasonable returns while minimizing risks associated with investment. The present research is a research to identify whether mutual funds can contribute towards inclusive growth and development. The research was conducted based on...

Information pertaining to the basics of economic growth and development, its estimation and progress during different periods, conventional and alternative measures of development, theories, and models of economic growth and development, economies dualism behavior, the role of the state,...