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Say yes to board seats for womenViews:496 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on March 31, 2011The ministry of company affairs wants companies with five or more independent directors to have at least one woman director. This is an idea whose time has come, although the compelling argument in fa..
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Give Bush Credit for Arab RevoltViews:253 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on March 17, 2011Last December, a fruit seller in Tunisia immolated himself for want of work and because he was being harassed by local officials. This one event sparked a popular uprising in the country that led t..
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Pranab deserves a 9 On 10Views:233 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on March 3, 2011Fiscal consolidation is undoubtedly the big story in Budget 2011. The consolidation underway in India is remarkable in itself; it looks even more remarkable when compared with what is happening e..
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MFIs: Malegam misses the pointViews:249 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on February 3, 2011Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have grown at an explosive pace in recent years. This growth has come at a steep cost: heavy concentration of loans in one state, Andhra Pradesh; overborrowing by..
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Who says it doesn't pay to default?Views:208 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on January 20, 2011The European Union is today the sick man of the world economy. The global economic outlook is more promising than thought a year ago. The world economy will grow at 4.5-5% in 2011. Emerging marke..
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What lies in store for India in 2011?Views:642 | Comments:1 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on January 6, 2011The year-end brought a spate of forecasts. From India’s point of view, the four critical questions are the following: Will global growt..
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A tale of three jubileesViews:216 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on December 23, 2010Three well-known institutions in the country — IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA), IIM Calcutta (IIMC) and The Economic Times (ET) — are currently celebrating their golden jubilees. &nbs..
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Board membership as career?Views:297 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on December 9, 2010Corporate governance was supposed to be the great fix for lack of accountability in management. A decade or so after the governance revolution, how to fix corpora..
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Small economies, big headachesViews:313 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on November 25, 2010Another financial storm, another bailout. In May, it was Greece. Now, it’s Ireland, an economy that accounts for just.0.3% of world GDP. |
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Five myths about microfinanceViews:885 | Comments:5 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on November 11, 2010The microfinance bubble has burst. The AP government ordinance, the AP opposition’s campaign asking borrowers not to repay and the sheer public hostility towards MFIs — all these have..
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