After the Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs encompass eight goals, 21 targets, and 60 indicators. Much criticism has focused on the use of these numerical targets and indicators, which, skeptics argue, are misspecified, mismeasured, and divert attention from equally important areas. B...

Win-win formula: Indian Investment in Nepal
The unwelcome climate for Indian investment would discourage any large-size commitment of resources from them. This is sure to keep power development in Nepal in a limbo for a long time, as has happened in the past. ...

Doha round trade talks – explainer
What are the Doha trade talks under the WTO umbrella all about, and why is it taking so long to reach an agreement?...

Servitors of Empires
These days their inheritors in the Planning Commission raise objections over terms of description such as ‘stigmatized,’ ‘impunity,’ ‘religious minority,’ and ‘structural discrimination.’...

Asian Nationalism at Sea
They point to the negative results of more assertive policies of China since the economic crisis of 2008. Indeed, China’s policies have damaged its relations with nearly all of its neighbors....