Confronting labour market challenges in South Asia: An SDG perspective
Download PDF MOHD AVI HOSSAIN AND IYANATUL ISLAM Introduction South Asia represents a region with multiple contradictions. On the… Read More
Yan Islam
Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook 2024
Discover the region's challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the Griffith Asia-Pacific Strategic Outlook 2024! Read More
Adani’s downfall – how a leading member of India’s Billionaire Raj fell victim to a stock market rout
YAN ISLAM | In 2018, James Crabtree, wrote a tome on India entitled ‘The Billionaire Raj’. His concern was that India, characterized… Read More
Bangladesh seeks support from the IMF: Why and what lies ahead?
YAN ISLAM | Local and international media reports have highlighted the news that Bangladesh has sought financial assistance from the IMF. A… Read More
Economic consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war: A grim outlook
YAN ISLAM | The latest evaluations by IMF, World Bank and UN agencies reveal that the war in Ukraine that commenced with Russia’s… Read More
Ukraine before the Russian invasion: Democratic governance and economic performance
YAN ISLAM | Stanford historian Norman Naimark proclaims that Ukraine was a ‘thriving young democracy’ prior to the Russian invasion. He qualifies… Read More
Confronting India’s ‘inequality problem’
YAN ISLAM | In a recent piece, Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of economics at London School of Economics, reflects on India’s ‘inequality problem’. Read More
Who’s afraid of inflation?
YAN ISLAM | There is a great deal of concern being expressed on inflation across many parts of the world today. In the… Read More
The rise and decline of the World Bank’s Doing Business Report: Why India and Indonesia should be concerned
YAN ISLAM | There was a time when the creators of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index (EoDB) encapsulated in its… Read More
Afghanistan: then and now
YAN ISLAM | Afghanistan is in the news these days as the Taliban, ousted from power following the US-led invasion in 2001, has… Read More
