Emerging economies

China's Ambassador to the EU on the role of emerging markets in WTO

Remarks delivered by Her Excellency the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the European Union, Yang Yanyi, at workshop 'The fut

A ten-step program to tap India's great potential

It's all about productivity. India scores poorly on indexes of economic variables that are critical for economic efficiency -- worse than Brazil, Chin

China's financial liberalisation: interest rate deregulation or currency flexibility first?

In this follow-up, I argue that on top of these structural and institutional factors, there are also three short-term cyclical considerations in favou

Financial openness of China and India: Implications for capital account liberalisation

We gauge the de-facto capital account openness of the Chinese and Indian economies by testing the law of one price on the basis of onshore and offshor

Blogs review: China's GDP (PPP) to surpass the United States?

What’s at stake: Many news outlets picked up the release of new “purchasing power parity” estimates by the International Comparison Program, emph

Why China’s haste to internationalise the renminbi?

This blog raises two questions. The first is puzzling: why is Beijing in such a hurry to internationalise its inconvertible currency? The se

China and the renminbi matures

In economic terms, China is becoming more of an adult, and the renminbi is becoming a grown-up currency. Russia's actions in Ukraine have prompte

Rulemaking in Super-RTAs: Implications for China and India

How super-RTAs may emerge as game changers in the multilateral trading system as promulgated by the WTO, and the implications for China and India

Jim O'Neill: Rise of BRICs calls for renewed global governance

Decoded: BRICS

In the near future, the term ‘BRICS’ may become a synonym for countries whose growth rate returned to normal after achieving rapid growth for a certai

China’s catching up on competition policy enforcement

Foreign business is increasingly realising that China has antitrust laws, and is not too shy to use them. The Glencore/Xstrata merger in the spring wa

The opportunities in China's economic deceleration

China needs to set its services free

China enjoyed a growth rate of more than 10 per cent from 2000 to 2010. But its economy is now in trouble.

Towards further liberalisation of the capital account in China

In China, discussions on capital account liberalisation have recently intensified. The Chinese government plans to gradually liberalise certain capita

Sources of growth in China

Asian perceptions on the global economy