China-India-Russia Moving Out of Backwardness, or, ‘Cunning Passages of History’
TL;DR: In this article, a recognition of their common destinies as homes of human beings with complicated histories and of the need for cooperation to protect themselves against the forces of evil, in the shape of market fundamentalism, religious fanaticism and super-hegemonic imperialism can help them to guard...
Abstract: At different stages of their history, leaders of China, India and Russia, the most prominent constituents of the Eurasian landmass and home to one-third of the human population of the world, have formulated the aim of breaking out of the ‘backward’ state of their respective countries as a major goal of their movements, their strategies and their policies. Almost in all cases, such a state of backwardness has been perceived in relation to the ‘advanced’ Western countries, and more specifically to the industrialised countries of Europe and North America. All three countries have been caught several times in recent centuries in the cunning passages of history. All of them now see light at the end of the labyrinthine tunnel. A recognition of their common destinies as homes of human beings with complicated histories and of the need for cooperation to protect themselves against the forces of evil, in the shape of market fundamentalism, religious fanaticism and super-hegemonic imperialism can help them to guard ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reflect on the experience of India's engagement with China in two multilateral forums: the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Forum for Regional Economic Cooperation, formerly known as the ‘Kunming Initiative’, and the China- India-Russia Academic Trilateral Conference.
Abstract: This article reflects on the experience of India's engagement with China in two multilateral forums: the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Forum for Regional Economic Cooperation, formerly known as the ‘Kunming Initiative’, and the China-India-Russia Academic Trilateral Conference. Though both forums are so-called ‘Track Two’ ventures, the dynamics of the two exercises are rather different. As of now, the ‘Trilateral’ is rated relatively successful in so far as it has shown more substantial progress from ‘Track Two’ to ‘Track One’. Tracing these brief histories, this article argues that academic cooperation should be seen to have value in and of itself, and not merely as the mechanism that propels a speculative, academic exercise into state-to-state policy.In social science terms, the two exercises afford very different challenges, which are still to be realised in effective academic collaboration and a substantive agenda of research. In particular, the BCIM framework commends a perspective on transna...
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...Seen in the longue durée, the Trilateral invites the reclaiming of the idea of Eurasia around the fulcrum of Central Asia and the great routes of civilisation, knowledge and commerce that linked the East and West before the rise of the mercantilist, sea-borne empires (cf. Bagchi 2007; Sen 2005)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the former Soviet Union is believed to have joined the ill-fated club of countries plagued by severe inflation and even hyperinflation, and it is common knowledge that transition to a market economy could lead to sharp monetary disequilibria.
Abstract: With the Perestroika the former Soviet Union is believed to have joined the ill-fated club of countries plagued by severe inflation and even hyperinflation. Money and finance have became key words now in Russia and among successor states of the once proud USSR. However, if it is common knowledge that transition to a market economy could lead to sharp monetary disequilibria, their nature is far from clear and not easily understood.
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TL;DR: The question of good governance in East and Southeast Asia, as elsewhere, is linked to the degree of autonomy of the state, and the objectives it pursues as discussed by the authors, which is a relational concept that is shaped by external influences and the ability of the ruling class to face up to the challenges.
Abstract: The question of good governance in East and Southeast Asia, as elsewhere, is linked to the degree of autonomy of the state, and the objectives it pursues. While the economy can never be fully disembedded from society, social transformation ending private powers of non-market coercion can promote both state autonomy and good governance. Both governance and autonomy are relational concepts and their quality and content are shaped by external influences and the ability of the ruling class to face up to the challenges. Autonomy of domestic policy has been badly eroded by the rise of licentious global finance but can be still defended as several countries and regions of East Asia have demonstrated.
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"China-India-Russia Moving Out of Ba..." refers background in this paper
...In terms of the levels of industrialisation per capita (LIPC), as defined by Paul Bairoch (1982), with the level of UK in 1900 forming the benchmark of 100, in 1750, while Europe as a whole had a level of eight, China and India, each with a population larger than that of Europe, had levels of…...
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...In 1913, LIPC of the US, UK, Russia and Japan were 126, 115, twenty and twenty respectively (Bairoch 1982, Table 4)....
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...In terms of the levels of industrialisation per capita (LIPC), as defined by Paul Bairoch (1982), with the level of UK in 1900 forming the benchmark of 100, in 1750, while Europe as a whole had a level of eight, China and India, each with a population larger than that of Europe, had levels of industrialisation of eight and seven respectively....
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TL;DR: In this article, Socio-political conditions for valid credit policy exchange rate arrangement and their suitability to the Malaysian economy are discussed. But the focus of the paper is on the economic analysis of Reproduction and the family.
Abstract: Foreword Introduction Can Russia Survive the IMF Medicine? National Choice of Industrial Structure, Financial Repression, & Credit Policy in Korea: Socio-political Conditions for Valid Credit Policy Exchange Rate Arrangements: Their Suitability to the Malaysian Economy The Dynamics of the Balance of Payments under Capital Flows Increasing Returns, Trade, & Development Wages, Labour Mobility, & International Trade Export Diverssification, Market Shares, & Issues of Nort-South Terms of Trade Changing Food Preferences, Nutritional Intake, & Nuttitional Status: Emerging Perspectives & Issues Socio-economic Analysis of Reproduction & the Family
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TL;DR: The necessity of good governance as a condition of economic development has become a buzzword even as corporate and international governance seems to be fast eroding in the citadels as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: ‘Governance’ has become a buzzword even as corporate and international governance seems to be fast eroding in the citadels from which the necessity of good governance as a condition of economic dev...
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