Tunisia’s already modest economic recovery almost halted in 2023, amidst a severe drought, tight financing conditions and the modest pace of implementing reforms. With this slowdown, the Tunisian economy
Every week, a fax machine in economic advisor's office at Udyog Bhawan, which houses the commerce and industry ministry, receives price data for items in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) basket. The data have to be the actual transaction price effective each Friday and is to be submitted on a voluntary basis every week.
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The two-day Africa summit in New Delhi last month opened a significant chapter in India's external affairs. Inaugurating the summit, attended by 14 African leaders, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
<table width="30%" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><img src="../files/images/20080515/53.jpg" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#660000"><b>KANCHI KOHLI, MANJU MENON</b></font></td> </tr> </table> Ministers of the United Progressive Alliance government are often heard mouthing platitudes about inclusive growth. On the face of it, inclusive growth seems a democratic ideal. But platitudes aside, what does the ideal really translate into for farmers, fishworkers and tribals?
The two-day North Eastern Council (NEC) plenary has approved the Vision 2020 to restore the NE region to a position of national economic eminence by the next eight to ten years. After hectic discussion among member States of the NEC in the two-day plenary that commenced here on Monday, DoNER Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer, all Governors and Chief Ministers of the region states signed the Vision-2020 document on Tuesday.
Brazil's environment minister, hailed as a champion of the green movement but scorned by powerful farming groups, resigned on Tuesday after losing key battles in her efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest. Marina Silva's resignation is likely to reinforce the view that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is more concerned with economic development than conservation as a commodities export boom fuels Brazil's growth. It could also be a setback for Brazil's ambitions to become a major voice in global environmental debates.
March Show Worst For Any Month In 6 Years The government, already struggling to control inflation, got some more bad news on the economic front on Monday. The latest data on industrial production shows that it grew by a measly 3% in March this year over the same month last year
Adding to the worries of the Government, which is battling in tandem with the Reserve Bank of India to rein in inflation, the industrial growth slumped to a six-year low of three per cent in March, mainly owing to a dismal performance by the manufacturing sector. The industrial growth data as per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which was released here on Monday by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), show that the output increase witnessed in March this year was the lowest since the 2.4 per cent growth posted in February 2002.
Manufacturing sector drags down overall index in March Lacklustre performance by the manufacturing sector pulled down the growth in Index for Industrial Production (IIP) to a six-year low of three per cent in March 2008 as against 14.8 per cent in March 2007. However, for fiscal 2007-08, the IIP registered a modest growth rate of 8.1 per cent as against 11.6 per cent in fiscal 2006-07.
