The main argument of this paper is that in many situations, dicult puzzles of governance can be solved in dramatically new ways using modern IT systems. Nationwide centralised databases, coupled with ubiquitous high-speed Internet access, and pervasive computational power, has put a new set of...

Given the slow growth of labor productivity in recent years, some have argued that the boost from information technology may have run its course Our analysis points to a less pessimistic conclusion While projections of economic developments are always difficult, our judgment is that "No, the...

Budget expectations from various sectors are given. URL:[ http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyShow.php?fileR=20110217120638043&secID=fromnewsroom&secTitle=From the News Room&dir=2011/02/17].

Malaysia's vulnerabilities are exacerbated by itsinexplicable reluctance to pursue inclusive economic diplomacy as exemplified by its reported opposition to include even India in the first “East Asia†summit it is hosting in December last. There are considerable complementarities...

Review of In An Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry. Edited by Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi; Routledge, London, New Delhi; 2008.

Review of Radhika Gajjala. Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women. New York: AltaMira Press.

This book assesses the current status of the public utility deregulation movement in the United States.

Key economists for the government and for the Microsoft Corporation lay out their views on the key issues and then respond to the views presented by the opposing side.