To understand the driver of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework(IPEF) that has been launched on 24 May by 13 countries of South-East Asia including 4 members of the QUAD group and most of the ASEAN countries, we need to understand the interplay of regional and global aspirations of and challenges faced by these countries. The first […]
Bear Hug
A daughter is crying on her cell Oh my dearest mom Believe me, believe me The bombs are falling all around. The mother from Muscovy laughs aloud Are you awake, my sweetheart A hallucination, a nightmare no doubt. My bear is a polar one, eager to hug you all Proselytization is not Jesus’s call. My […]
Central Bank Digital Currency
I am providing a link below to the latest version of my paper. The Reserve Bank of India has declared that it will start a pilot project on the issuance of CBDC. The former Governor Subbarao has strongly cautioned RBI against any interest payment on account-based CBDC. Please see my detailed discussion on various issues […]
COVID-19- A cross country analysis
Introduction: The death toll of COVID-19 has reached 2.9 million by April 2021, a little less than 0.04% of the world population. In Wikipedia’s list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease, COVID19 is ranked 8th in terms of its death tolls1. The deadliest known pandemic in history, the Black Death of […]
Central Bank Digital Currency
In December 16 2019, I wrote this letter to RBI Governor To The Governor Reserve Bank of India Mumbai Sub: Possibility of introducing Central Bank Digital Currency in India- a Technical Blueprint Respected Sir, Many countries in the world including China are experimenting to introduce Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). I have worked out a […]
InThrall of Market
Quote: [The 1980s and 1990s saw a wave of liberalization sweep across African agricultural markets as part of broad structural adjustment plans. Inherent in the promise of these reforms was the presumption that a competitive private sector would emerge to take advantage of newly created arbitrage opportunities, with agricultural traders efficiently moving crops from surplus […]