Current account deficit and development goals

The goal of the medium-term development plan is sustainable development with a higher economic growth. To achieve the goal, the Seventh Five-Year Plan (7FYP) has outlined a series of guidelines with projected outcomes. The projection of the balance of payments (BoP) is one of them which stresses on maintaining stability...

In Memoriam: Samir Amin

Egyptian-French economist Samir Amin died on Sunday, August 12 in Paris, he was 86.He was one of the most outstanding Marxist thinkers of our time. His views on the "Third World'' saw him to attract large following in Africa, Asia and South America. Unlike many of his contemporaries he did...