What conditions lead to world-changing innovation? It's an important question for business and government leaders. Contrary to the traditional notion of the solitary scientist, new products, services ...

SINGAPORE - Much has been said in recent weeks about the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and US trade relations with Asia-Pacific countries following the election of Donald Trump as the ...

The concept of full liberalization in energy markets is often used in a theoretical sense. In practice, however, no major ...

Is it real or is it pokazukha? This is usually the first question on the minds of Kremlin-watchers when something happens to suggest high-level infighting among Russia's ruling elite. It comes up ...

Although theory suggests that the real exchange rate should depreciate after a permanent trade liberalization but could appreciate temporarily with a transitory one, little empirical evidence exists.

One of the strongest justifications for the economic liberalization that began in the 1980s is that it not only raised growth rates, but that growth percolated down to the poorest people. True, ...

Over the past three months, 1991 has received much attention in newspapers. This is no surprise. It is 25 years since July 1991, when economic liberalization began life in India. For some, those who ...

At the beginning of the 1990s, policy doctors were almost unanimous in advocating a strong dose of capital and financial market liberation for developing countries as a way to improve their prospects ...

A fundamental issue in undertaking capital account liberalization is how to reap the benefits from capital market access while coping safely with the risks associated with international capital flows.

Full liberalization of China's interest rates, a critical step for financial reforms, is highly anticipated by the market. The central bank's July announcement that it would remove all restrictions on ...