New Orleans There’s something interesting happening in developing countries around welfare benefits that is very important now: they are increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of their direct cash welfare programs as the income and wealth of their countries improve. This is not to say that we are knocking on the door of a real solution …
Tag: India
Foreign Direct Investment for Walmart and Friends Coming to Critical Vote in India
Quito Though I could find no information in the US-based press, the stalemate in the Parliament in India was finally broken yesterday after a week long stalemate centered on the parliamentarians’ opposition to the Government’s action to unilaterally modify foreign direct investment restrictions in multi-brand retail, allowing Walmart and other big box operations to enter …
Fight Over Foreign Retail (Walmart!) Entry into India Enters a New Stage
New Orleans Desperate to hold onto power with national elections coming in 2013 and beset by crises over coal, telecom, and slowing growth, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, announced modifications in foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, potentially paving the way for Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco, Metro, and other multi-national companies to enter the growing Indian …