economics
The underlying development philosophy of globalisation seeks to maximise happiness through the cultivation of a narrow materialist self-interest and competitiveness, both at the level of the individual and at the level of the nation-state. Despite voluminous evidence that this growth-fixated model of material economy polarises global well-being and seriously undermines environmental security,...
Recent studies contradict a longheld western perception that Bhutan was a landlocked and isolated kingdom until the recent times without any significant trade relation with the rest of the world. They have dug the contemporary documents to prove her vibrant trade with the neighbours at least from the seventeenth century onwards. Side by side with the present jurisdiction of West Bengal, the...
From the early modern era, Bhutan had been carrying out regular caravan trade on the rugged Himalayan terrain with Bengal on the south and Tibet on the north. This is evident in the contemporary Bengali literature, which refers to several Bhutanese commodities, and also in the writings of foreign travellers. In 1626, a foreign traveller noted that Bhutan was “well provided with Chinese...
The economic crisis continues to affect many women and men living in poverty. But how these effects are felt depends, to a large extent, on their relationships with the people and institutions with whom they interact. These relationships are profoundly different for women and men.
Unemployment hits poor families hard, regardless of whether it is a man or woman who is laid off. But...
At a macroeconomic level, the global economic crisis has had less impact on many Pacific countries than on most other developing countries across the world. However, economic growth rates for most countries in the Pacific region are still expected to be low for 2009 and 2010.
The main effects of the economic crisis include declining exports and government revenues, falling...
This research report on Vietnam is one of five country case studies that were commissioned by Oxfam GB to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women in the export-manufacturing sector, including the garment and textile industries, have been hardest hit by the crisis both economically and socially.
Women migrant workers have...
This report is one of five country case studies commissioned by Oxfam GB on the effects of the global economic crisis in South East Asia. It shows that Thai women are highly vulnerable to the effects of the financial crisis because they are over-represented in the sectors most affected, such as export manufacturing, the garment industry, electronics, and services.
They tend to be...
This research report is one of five country case studies commissioned by Oxfam GB on the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women are over-represented in sectors where the crisis has caused huge job cuts: export manufacturing, the garments industry, electronics, and services.
Women in the Philippines tend to be employed in precarious...
This research report is one of five case studies commissioned by Oxfam GB on the impact of the global economic crisis on women in East Asian countries. In Cambodia, the economic downturn has severely affected the garment industry, in which women are vast majority of the work force, due to reduced demand for garments in the US and EU. Other affected sectors are tourism and construction....
East Asian governments have demonstrated in their response to the current global economic crisis that they have learned critical lessons from the major financial meltdown in the 1990s. They have provided timely stimulus packages and have proactively targeted those who generally are more vulnerable to shocks.
But have governments really understood the impact of the crisis on the...
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