Central Asia’s economy has functioned well since the global financial crisis of 2009. Kazakhstan’s credit rating is still at an investment grade. Uzbekistan has continued to grow at a rate of roughly 8% since the …
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The seven decades since the end of World War II were an era of trade agreements. The world’s major economies were in a perpetual state of trade negotiations, concluding two major global multilateral deals: the …
Malcolm Turnbull’s aim for an ideas boom looks set to take some flesh in tonight’s Federal Budget, showing up in everything from cities and infrastructure initiatives through to a re-focusing of tax policy. Yet although …
It’s all but certain that the government will make good on its white paper funding commitment in tomorrow’s Budget. With the fanfare of the submarine and frigate announcements still echoing, it would be political suicide …
A new reality is emerging in Asia. In recent decades, many of Asia’s economies have boomed. The region today accounts for about 40% of the world’s GDP—up from 25% in 1990-and contributes about two-thirds of …