The 13th Ministerial Conference starting on February 26 in Abu Dhabi will see discussion on the proposed Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement which India, South Africa, and other prominent members opposed.

The macro environment for vulnerable small and regional banks has considerably deteriorated in recent months, making it unclear when and how this crisis will end

If the G20 does not offer innovative solutions to the world's most pressing problems promptly, the rest of the world will continue to question its relevance and value.

The efficacy of these new measures will be minimal as they are introduced for a brief and temporary period.

Unlike previous episodes of sudden stops and reversals, the recent volume of outflows is much higher, and could accentuate financial vulnerabilities while worsening overall macroeconomic instability.

A complete run-down of the IPEF; its aims, scope, broader implications and all the context that lies behind the region's latest economic partnership.

Launched with much fanfare at the COP26 climate talks, a climate-finance fund close next month if it fails to attract more investment.

Emerging market economies and low-income countries should initiate swift domestic policy responses to minimise the effects of tightening US monetary policy.

In 2013, when erstwhile chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Barnanke spoke of possible financial tightening, investors dumped financial assets in emerging markets en masse and moved their capital to safe-haven assets in developed markets. This came to be known as the 'taper tantrum'.

Thousands of patients have received inflated bills across the country. Our personal tragedy underscores the need to rethink India’s privately owned healthcare industry and restrain rampant profiteering.

The WTO head's “third way” proposal is likely to undermine efforts at the TRIPS Council seeking a temporary waiver of certain IP rules that would augment the manufacturing capacity of vaccines.

DFIs have a mixed record of positive and negative experiences in India. Therefore, it's important to ensure that the new DFI is soundly managed and delivers real public value.

Evidence shows that the potential benefits of permitting the entry of large corporate houses into the banking sector are far outweighed by the potential costs.

Coupled with a humanitarian crisis and muted policy response, the COVID-19 pandemic has brutally exposed and worsened existing vulnerabilities in the Indian economy.

There is no denying that India has the potential of greater domestic resource mobilisation by imposing wealth, inheritance, and estate taxes, in addition to raising the income tax slab for the super-rich.

Even the $5 trillion promised to put the global economy on track is not a new commitment as the amount (including $2 trillion by the US alone) has already been committed by G20 countries to revive their national economies.

The leaders of the world's major economies need to pursue a seven-point action plan no country is left behind in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

Instead of encouraging public sector banks to increase lending to shadow banks, the strategy should be to ring-fence the current liquidity crisis in the shadow banking sector.

The days of light-touch regulatory approach towards the NBFC sector is over. But what should follow?