In June 2019, the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, chose to keep Pakistan on its gray list rather than slapping it with a formal black list designation. At the time, the logic of the ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 turned economic surpluses upside down: Finance advisor told WB
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh attended a session held by World Bank wherein the global monetary arbitrator commended Pakistan's agenda for economic reforms, ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan: Kolbayev arrested in dramatic fashion, but is it theater?
Newly installed authorities in Kyrgyzstan are seeking to prove their anti-crime credentials with a series of major arrests, but is it all theater? ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan: Lawmakers approve election delay and constitutional overhaul
Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have voted to once again overhaul the constitutional: the choice will be between super-presidentialism or an empowered parliament ... ( read original story ...)
Myopic vision: India’s central bank and ministry of finance
This book is a definitive account of the clash of ideas that continues between the RBI and the finance ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A with Azerbaijan President Aliyev: peace with Armenia ‘remote’
President Putin also visited Azerbaijan many times ... it's none of Armenia's business. Turkey is already there and must be involved because it will bring stability. I think Turkey is the only ... ( read original story ...)
Rep. Jim Jordan: ‘No President Has Done More of What They Said They Would Do’
"Of course," Joe Biden's reported business dealings with Communist China should come up at tonight's debate, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning. "What I also hope really ... ( read original story ...)
A #MeToo Awakening Stirs in Iran
He then moved into the circles of the revolution’s ruling clerics, and he and his family have business links to the hierarchy. Despite a few mentions in Iran’s conservative media as a royalist and ... ( read original story ...)
Cargill bullish on Philippines expansion
“We have committed to continue to invest in the Philippines. We are confident especially that the country is consumer driven. It has a growing population and is an attractive market in Asia for our ... ( read original story ...)
Jobs at risk as Philippines’ garment exports slump
PHILIPPINE garment exports to major buyer countries fell ... possibly more sustainable and resilient path — or whether it will revert back to a largely ‘business as usual’ scenario,” ILO said. ( read original story ...)