by Pauline Davidson | Jan 4, 2015 | Economics
COLOMBIA has been undergoing an economic transformation in the last few years. It has now become an attractive place for foreign investment in the energy sector after a series of reforms which relaxed labour laws. Since then, there has been a dramatic increase in...
by Pauline Davidson | Oct 10, 2013 | Economics
INDIA is set to launch more of its own rockets in 2013 than it has in any previous year. Its budget is less than a tenth of NASA’s US$17.7 billion, but it has increased every year since the early 2000s, jumping from US$591 million in 2004-2005 to US$1.3 billion in...
by Pauline Davidson | Oct 10, 2013 | Economics
Belarus is Europe’s last dictatorship. And despite Brussels’s steadfast concern over the harsh repression meted out by its president, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus stands defiant in the face of Western pressure for change. Europe’s ambitions to encourage...
by Pauline Davidson | Jun 19, 2013 | Economics
JAPAN has voted to return to the past. The outcome of its general election implies four things: First, the election was primarily a defeat of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) under former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The electorate voted the DPJ out of power...
