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A shopkeeper makes garlands with US dollars and rupee notes at a flower market in Peshawar. Photo: AFP/Abdul Majeed

China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s economic fortunes now in the hands of the IMF

by F.M. Shakil December 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Despite early success, India has fallen behind its neighbor China in poverty reduction. Sweeping reforms are necessary if India is to gain ground in implementing a workable anti-poverty program comparable to China's efforts.Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Varun Chatterji

Beijing, China, India, South Asia, World

Fighting poverty in India and China — a tale of two countries

by Sabena Siddiqui December 17, 2017

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Asian summits obscure market milestones

by Gary Kleiman November 19, 2017

A handout picture taken on October 23, 2010 shows a part of the reservoir of the Nam Theun 2 hydropower station in the Lao central province of Khammouane. Photo: AFP/Nam Theun Power Company

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

World Bank fallacy of kinder, gentler dams

by Tom Fawthrop November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, World

Solving Asia’s carbon dilemma

by Frederick Kuo November 4, 2017

Asian currency banknotes interspersed with US dollars. Photo: iStock/Getty Images.

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asia braces for US rate hikes

by Alan Boyd November 3, 2017February 18, 2020

IMF says 'Increased cybersecurity risks pose challenges for financial institutions, financial infrastructure, and supervisors.' Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, China, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Uzbekistan paves way for Central Asia business reforms

by Gary Kleiman November 3, 2017

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (center) observing a construction project in Bangkok in a 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Easier to do business under Thai military rule

by Peter Janssen November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

The Bombay Stock Exchange is illuminated during a special "muhurat" trading session for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai on October 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Shailesh Andrade

AT Finance, Brunei, China, India, South Asia, Thailand, World

Modi on the right track as India jumps in World Bank ranking

by Vijay Chada November 1, 2017November 1, 2017

Migrant workers pass the Thai-Myanmar border in an official service truck as they left Thailand from Mae Sot, Tak province in northern Thailand. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Labor pains squeeze fast aging Thailand

by Peter Janssen November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Why globalization is seen as a failure in the West

by Ken Moak October 31, 2017

Chinese banks extended 1.22 trillion yuan ($181 billion) in net new yuan loans in September, well above analysts' expectations. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Asian powerhouses at risk from credit binge, rising interest rates

by Alan Boyd October 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image: iStock

China, India, South Asia, World

Indian officials defend Modi economic muddle

by Gary Kleiman October 21, 2017

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C), accompanied by officials, switches on a tunnel boring machine for the Mass Rapid Transport system under construction in the capital city during a launch ceremony on September 21, 2015. Jakarta's first mass rapid transport system is expected to be finished in 2018. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Public trumps private in Widodo’s Indonesia

by John McBeth October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

A Pakistani fruit vendor reads a newspaper as he waits for customers on a street in Islamabad. Photo: AFP / Aamir Qureshi

India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s economy teetering as pleas for remedy mount

by F.M. Shakil October 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao shakes hands with People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) as International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) looks on during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington on Oct 12. Photo: Reuters

At global forum, China fills US-shaped hole

by Nigel Green October 18, 2017October 18, 2017

Representational image: iStock

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Afghanistan’s tryst with China begins – in Washington

by M.K. Bhadrakumar October 18, 2017October 18, 2017

Representational image: Flickr Commons

European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Climate change: Why don’t cooler heads prevail?

by Yongfu Huang October 15, 2017October 15, 2017

Laborers work at the TAL garment factory in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam. Photo: Reuters / Kham

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

World Bank raises growth forecasts in Asia report

by Asia Times staff and Agencies October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Ratings agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's have been monitoring Central Asian markets. Photo: iStock

China, Egypt, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, World

Tajikistan bond issuance stirs the pot in Central Asia

by Gary Kleiman October 3, 2017

Pre-millennial declension: the year is 1999 and US President Bill Clinton (lower left) carries the conversation as Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima (upper left),
World Bank President James Wolfensohn (centre), Black Sea Economic Cooperaton Sec. General Vassil Ivanov Baytchev (right), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (far right) listen, at an event in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: AFP / Paul J. Richards

China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

Risks of a new economic non-order as nations turn inward

by Mohamed A. El-Erian September 24, 2017February 18, 2020

The Sule Pagoda stands at the end of a street in Yangon. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, World

How to unlock Myanmar’s growth potential

by Teun van Vlerken September 8, 2017

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint a press conference with Sweden's prime minister on June 12, 2017, in Stockholm. Photo: AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Vietnam, World

Suu Kyi’s fading allure repels foreign investors

by Peter Janssen September 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, World

The real BRICS bombshell

by Pepe Escobar September 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan's PTI political party attend a celebration rally in Islamabad on July 30, 2017, after the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Afghanistan, China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Political instability aggravates Pakistan’s economic woes

by Gary Kleiman August 30, 2017

Wooden poles supply electricity in the Inle Lake region of Myanmar's Shan state. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

US has opportunity to solve Myanmar’s energy dilemma

by Jon Connars August 25, 2017

Pakistani railway employees prepare a parade float decorated to mark the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ahead of Independence Day celebrations in August.Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

CPEC key to economic success of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

by Junaid Ashraf August 25, 2017

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during a panel discussion on financial inclusion at the 2016 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on October 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Zach Gibson

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, World

Indonesia’s surprise interest rate cut follows weak growth

by Gary Kleiman August 24, 2017

Palestinian men pray as Israeli security forces secure outside the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, World

Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount

by Spengler July 27, 2017

The symbol used for Russia's Kolion. Photo: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Tianjin, World

Asian Development Bank wary of Russia’s AIIB membership

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large July 18, 2017February 18, 2020