May 20, 2009

Climate Change and 100 million livelihoods at risk in Coral Triangle

WWF Report on Coral Triangle and Climate Change  released in World Ocean Conference May 11-15 in Jakarta higlights without climate change action the livelihoods of 100 million people in Coral Triangle encompassing Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste are at risk.  

April 28, 2009

United Nationals Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific 2009

UNESCAP Survey 2009 provides an analysis of how the global financial crisis is impacting the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific . It highlights what are the policy imperatives in building a more resilient Asia Pacific region and designing an inclusive and equitable development imperative.

January 19, 2009

Mastercard Report: Consumer Spending, Savings and Spending Priorities in Middle East and Africa

Inspite of the financial crisis this report by Mastercard Worldwide Insights on Global Crisis and Consumer Confidence,Savings and Spending Priorities in Middle East and Africa highlights that for the region as a whole the consumer confidence has improved in the second half of 2008 compared to the previous period. From the point […]

January 17, 2009

World financial crisis and the emerging market of Brazil

Knowledge @ Wharton has come up with an special report ” Brazil: Balancing on the Brink ” which brings in interesting insights from a cross section of business leaders of Brazil on  their take on the outlook of Brazil against the backdrop of financial crisis.

January 15, 2009

If you want to wrap your arms around history of China

  China : A History by John Keay will help you do just that. This book captures the epic story of China and effortlessly guides you through the journey lasting for 3000 years.The insights on the socio-economic-cultural evolution and exploration of the roots of confucianism , communism and capitalism helps to build a context […]

January 14, 2009

Vision 2022: India at 75 by C K Prahalad

December 23, 2008

Auroville : where material and spiritual innovations flourish

This weekend the road trip in southern India was particularly rejuvenating. This trips are part of my practice to immerse myself in the realities of the aspirations , challenges and progress of the people in the Indian countryside. I reached Pondicherry from Bangalore by road on Sunday night . I decided to […]

November 28, 2008

The time has come to live as one

The recent terrorist  attack in Mumbai has left me numb. I am wondering how many meaningless death later  the terror mongers will realise the futility of these events. We can always talk about the lapses in the intelligence systems and take tactical steps like beefing up the security to prevent these incidents . […]

November 5, 2008

How the financial crisis is affecting the low income population in emerging markets?

The current financial crisis is giving us an excellent opportunity to test the hypothesis on which emerging markets and to what extent are decoupled from the developed economies. Anyday I would have preferred any other non destructive way of testing this  hypothesis!  The pain is palpable through out the different emerging markets and each is responding in its own […]