OPINION
EDITORIAL
Rev up reforms
IN THE RUN-UP to the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, the two multilateral agencies have come out with their annual reports — the World Development Report (WDR) and the World Economic Outlook (WEO), respectively — both ...
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CORPORATE
Press Note 18: To withdraw or not?
AFTER the issue of foreign experts in the Planning Commission consultative bodies, the next bone of contention may be the so-called Press Note 18, which denies automatic route for proposals where financial/technical ...
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ECONOMY
World Economic Outlook's advice for India — Speed up reforms to unleash growth potential
The World Economic Outlook 2004 succinctly outlines the problems threatening the global economy and suggests solutions. Will finance ministers and central bank heads heed the WEO's cautionary advice? Or has a macro-economic crisis to hit the global e conomy before the solutions are implemented?
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Can contract appointments enliven bureaucracy?
Is putting government officials on contract the answer to the problem of non-performing bureaucracy. It may be so but only if leads to greater functional freedom and there is judicial support. Even then, the question of selection and recruitment rem ains, says P. V. Indiresan.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Do violations of business ethics deserve crime status?
MOST newspapers have a junior reporter on the `crime beat.' She is the one who reports on those car thefts, break-ins and murders as part of what is happening in the city. Reading those reports makes us squirm and ...
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LETTERS
Use postal service network better
Fiscal imbalance
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