An impressive performanceSweden was the top-ranked country in the 2009—and now just recently in the 2010—edition of the Innovation Capacity Index,1 because it does exceptionally…
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An impressive performanceSweden was the top-ranked country in the 2009—and now just recently in the 2010—edition of the Innovation Capacity Index,1 because it does exceptionally…
Russia is in many ways a unique case, with a relatively mediocre ranking of 56 on the Innovation Capacity Index (ICI),1 well below the rank…
Viewed in a long-term perspective, India’s recent economic performance has been quite impressive. According to the OECD, GDP per capita has accelerated from 1.2 percent…
The latest forecasts put out by the IMF for global economic growth are cautiously encouraging. Following a 0.6 percent contraction in 2009 (more brutal in…
I am not confident at all that we have moved to the type of regulatory environment that is necessary to prevent the next crisis. I…
Published on the Editorial Page of Financial Times, May 4, 2009 Letter to the Editor Dear Sir/Madame, The London Summit of the G20 went some…
Augusto Lopez-Claros1 Whether to view the G20 London Summit as a success or as a disappointment is very much a function of one’s reference point.2…
Published in Editorial Page of Financial Times, 4 December 2008 Letter to the Editor Dear Sir/Madame, Professor Roubini’s fairly grim assessment of the 2009 global…
Mr. Peter Mandelson, the European Union’s Trade Commissioner, has written a thoughtful Op Ed (In defence of globalisation, The Guardian, October 3 2008) whose key…
Note: A keynote speech delivered on 19 September 2008 at theEuropean Business School Symposium in Frankfurt. Words ought to be a little wild, for they…