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Not since the Great Depression has our nation suffered such financial hardship. We are angry, depressed and scared. And we want to know how we are going to get out of this mess. No one is better at giving voice to all this than Paul Krugman.
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2009 report tracks ease of doing business in 181 economies; reforms recorded in 113 economies
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Country Forecasts provide mid- and long-term macroeconomic projections for 82 of the world's largest economies. They offer an in-depth political and policy outlook, as well as forward-looking assessments of the business environment
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Economic trouble has spread far beyond the United States to major countries in Europe and Asia, threatening businesses around the world with the loss of the international sales and investment that have become increasingly vital to their sustenance.
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Although torrential rains and overflowing rivers have wreaked the worst flooding in decades to Vietnam in recent days, the country is in fact doing rather well economically. Vietnam is on the brink of becoming a middle-income country.
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The Vietnamese politburo, facing slowing economic growth and runaway inflation, has mapped out measures to improve economic development in the country in the remainder of this year.
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As cost-push inflationary pressures course through Asia's oil-importing economies, some countries are better placed than others to meet the rising macroeconomic challenge presented by spiraling global oil prices, which hit a record high of US$147 per barrel this month.
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This paper was prepared at the request of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with support from UNDP Viet Nam. The Prime Minister requested a critical analysis of Viet Nam's draft socio-economic development strategy for the period 2011-2020 as part of a wider programme of policy dialogue consultations.
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Businesses at a number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been affected by adverse economic developments in Vietnam, and some are taking steps to cut their exposure to the market.
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Retaining talent is a competitive necessity, for start-ups and multinationals alike. But with global uncertainty making budgets tighter, throwing money at high-performing employees to keep them engaged and onboard is less of an option.
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