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From Infrastructure to Investment: Building West Bengal's Next Growth Cycle

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- For years, the economic debate in West Bengal has returned to the same prescription: better roads, stronger ports, reliable power, industrial parks and improved logistics. Infra... Read More


Livelihoods, Employment and Environmental Management in South Asia's Hilly Regions: Lessons from ADB's New Investment in Bangladesh

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Asian Development Bank's latest investment proposal in Bangladesh's Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) offers a useful lens through which to examine a wider development challenge ... Read More


South Asia's Renewable Transition: Energy Security, Geopolitics and the BRICS Factor

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Renewable energy has acquired an importance that extends well beyond climate policy. The Paris Agreement of 2015 established the long-term imperative of reducing greenhouse gas ... Read More


Beyond De-Dollarisation: Payment Diversification and Debt Resilience for Global South Nations

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The international monetary system is not moving suddenly away from the US dollar. Yet beneath the apparent stability of the dollar's global role, an important change is taking pl... Read More


India's Sugar Economy and Ethanol Politics: The Demand-Supply Imbalance Threatens to Mar Festival Season

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Sugar prices in India have risen sharply in recent weeks, raising concerns about production, domestic availability and the diversion of sugar towards ethanol as part of India's E... Read More


South Asia's Balance of Payments Challenge: The Changing Dynamics of External Balances in South Asia

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- In recent years the South Asian region has witnessed an unprecedented succession of external sector crises. Sri Lanka defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2022, Pakistan has repeate... Read More


How the Money Moves: The Velocity Challenge in South Asia's Growth Story

New Delhi, July 4 -- South Asia - a region of over two billion people - is projected to remain one of the world's fastest-growing regions over the coming decade. India continues to rank among the fast... Read More