The Time Has Come for Economic Reform in Myanmar
On the eve of a critically important IMF Article IV Consultation Mission to Myanmar, the basic question is: where’s the beef on economic reform? After over a year of post-election policy debate,...
View ArticleAfter the Arab Spring: Creating Economic Commons
If the latest Arab awakening was about jobs and justice, then political reforms, unless accompanied with a levelling of the economic playing field, are unlikely to be sufficient on their own. The...
View ArticleThe BRICs Party is Over
After a decade of infatuation, investors have suddenly turned their backs on emerging markets. In the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – growth rates have quickly fallen and...
View ArticleIs North Korea Opening for Business?
SEOUL – North Korea’s system is failing. The country is facing severe energy constraints, and its economy has been stagnating since 1990, with annual per capita income, estimated at $1,800, amounting...
View ArticleEconomic and Security Reform in Japan: Harder Than It Looks
This article was originally published by the East-West Center in the 277th edition of the Asia Pacific Bulletin on 19 August, 2014. The major ally of the United States in the Asia Pacific, Japan, has...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Quiet Market Reforms
This article was originally published by NK News.org on 14 September, 2015. Not everybody would agree, but it seems increasingly likely that Kim Jong Un and his administration (whatever that means) are...
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