Delivering the promises

On the morning after the budget, Salma Begum unlocked her small grocery shop in Jatrabari as the radio replayed fragments of the finance minister's speech. She paid little attention to the headline figure. Instead, her focus remained on the price of a litre of soybean oil, her son's college fees,...

FDI in Asia: drivers of success & challenges

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a sizeable investment made by an enterprise of one country into a firm in another country. Further, it enables the "giving" countries to access new markets and gain resources in the recipient countries.FDI accelerates economic growth in several ways. First, by injecting the much-needed external...