By JONATHAN MARIANO Bhu…What? Bhutan? Yes, not too many people know about this small Himalayan Kingdom let alone its emerging private sector. Admittedly, I only learned of Bhutan because of a geography quiz. After a quick Google search I was … Read More
Women who lead small and medium enterprises in the ASEAN region will gain greater access to global markets through a marketing and branding initiative that officially began this week. The initiative, Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women … Read More
Economics should concern itself with questions of public policy, and the usefulness of economic models determines their value, said economist and author Edward E. Leamer. What makes an economist great, he told an audience at Nathan Associates, is the ability … Read More
May 11, 2015 A class action lawsuit for which Nathan Associates analyzed potential damages to shareholders in the drugmaker Impax Laboratories Inc. is headed for final settlement next month. Attorneys for the shareholder plaintiffs filed a motion last week seeking … Read More
April 29,\r\n2015?Policymakers and private sector representatives in Lao PDR recently\r\ngathered to discuss the findings of a survey of businesses? views on the impact of trade\r\nliberalization. Two years ago, Lao joined the WTO and policymakers and\r\ndevelopment partners are eager to find … Read More
BY CAROLINE KAUFMAN Photo: Miami U. Libraries, Digital Collections [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons April 28, 2015,In my last post,Economic Growth\r\nStarts Here–I described the work of George Washington University students just beginning to research women’s labor force participation in Malaysia … Read More
April 21, 2015-Nathan Associates has long incorporated women’s empowerment in the firm’s economic policy work, taking innovative and creative approaches to gender issues. Because of our expertise and our commitment to inclusion, we have assembled a team of specialists in … Read More
, April 16, 2015-British Expertise International recognized Nathan London for its highly successful work on the Food Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH) on April 14 at London’s Royal Garden Hotel. Nathan London was represented by Ignacio Fiestas, Kerry Hamilton, Mark Thomas, … Read More
By John Beyer March 12, 2015–Water is essential to human life\r\nand it is the world’s scarcest resource, even though at certain times and in certain places it is the most abundant. Supply and demand are rarely, if ever,in balance. To … Read More
April 6, 2015-The government of the Republic of Kiribati has declared Amalgamated Telecom Holdings, owner of Vodafone Fiji, the winning bidder in the asset sale of Telecom Services Kiribati Limited. TSKL is the state-owned monopoly provider of telecom services in … Read More