liberalisation
The fast food frontier
In Nepal’s market, local entrepreneurship beats the multinational chains every time
Deepak Adhikari | Apr 20, 2013
Breaking the trade barrier
Pakistan finally takes steps to grant India Most Favoured Nation status.
Shahzada Irfan Ahmed | Mar 09, 2012
Contradictions of capitalism
Even as Sri Lanka’s smallholder agriculture dies a slow death, schemes to save the rural economy are only coming from urban intellectuals.
Sunil Bastian | Oct 01, 2010
Pakistan’s budget 2003-04: The economics of hypocrisy
Pakistan's government releases a budget addressing the concerns of its core constituency – the World Bank and the IMF.
Shafqat Munir | Jul 01, 2003
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