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• Malaysia – Subsidy reform starts with a small step

  Date: 16 July 2010
  Author: Tai Hui
  Region: South East Asia
  Categories: Economics
  

  ...it is a symbolic move towards fiscal discipline • The authorities need to reform fiscal position while mitigating public discontent • Inflation impact limited to 0.3ppt...

• Fuel - China’s chance for price reform

  Date: 18 September 2008
  Author: Helen Henton, Judy Zhu
  Region: China
  Categories: Commodities
  

  Lower oil prices and inflation provide chance for fuel price reform Refinery margins are still negative on gasoline and diesel However growth concerns...

• China – Chongqing’s experimental land reforms, Part 1

  Date: 25 February 2010
  Author: Stephen Green
  Region: China
  Categories: Economics
  

  • Urbanisation eats up rural land, but local governments are forced to maintain a minimum amount of farmland • This conundrum is restraining economic growth on the east coast and elsewhere • Chongqing’s experiment frees up land for urban expansion, but does not solve the fundamental problem

• China – Chongqing’s experimental land reforms, Part 2

  Date: 15 March 2010
  Author: Stephen Green
  Region: China
  Categories: Economics
  

  • Chongqing’s developers can buy the ‘right’ to develop land beyond the annual quota, a boon to urban expansion • The dipiao land certificate experiment could easily go national • Farmland leasing has so far been limited, containing agricultural productivity growth

• Energy: China’s fuel reforms finally come

  Date: 22 December 2008
  Author: Judy Zhu
  Region: China
  

  Government retains the power to set prices Ex-factory prices cut by 14-32% from 19 December Consumer taxes raised by 400-702%; road maintenance charges will be cancelled Long-term demand unlikely to be boosted by price cuts

• Bahrain: Visa reforms

  Date: 7 May 2009
  Author: Marios Maratheftis, Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce
  Region: Middle East & North Africa
  

  Bahrain ends the sponsorship scheme, improving flexibility Foreign workers will be able to switch jobs This should also slowly lead to a quota system

• Colombia trip notes

  Date: 13 August 2010
  Author: Bret Rosen
  Region: Americas
  Categories: Economics
  

  ...performing better than expected in 2010 • Santos administration tackling a very ambitious reform agenda • Substantial progress on fiscal rule and other reforms can lead to...

• China – The next premier of China speaks

  Date: 7 June 2010
  Author: Stephen Green
  Region: China
  Categories: Economics
  

  ...themes • Not much meat on financial services, private-sector growth or government reform

• China – China Masterclass: Tao Ran

  Date: 24 November 2009
  Author: Stephen Green
  Region: China
  Categories: Economics
  

  ...model • Farmers are still losing out on land sales, despite attempts at reform, and are still largely unable to become urban citizens • Fiscal transfers to...

• Nigeria – Step 2. Interbank guarantees

  Date: 17 July 2009
  Author: Razia Khan
  Region: Africa
  Categories: Economics
  

  ...CBN has moved rapidly on its agenda for financial sector reform • But interbank rates remain elevated despite official guarantee • Further liquidity injections may...