AFG Venture Group Dispatches
Corporate advisory and consultancy in Australia, South East Asia and India.
India-Vietnam: Strategic and Economic Complementarities – Dr. Pankaj Jha, Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
In November 2008 when Indian President Pratibha Patil visited Vietnam nearly one year after the visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Minh Triet to India in 2007, it was seen as a reciprocal gesture by India to visit the one of its important allies in Southeast Asia. India, whose diplomatic relations with Vietnam was initiated [...]
Indian Macroeconomic Developments – Gliding through Global Tides and Emerging Out of the Woods – Dr. D. Trpathi Rao, Associate Professor, Business and Environment Group, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
After being in the limelight for four quarters, global policy activism is coming to a halt with treasury and central banks across Europe and on the other side of the Atlantic laying down their fiscal instruments, policy rates, and reserve ratios. Although sure signs of a global economic revival remain elusive and capital markets still [...]
ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement – James Donoghue and Toby Grainger, International Partner, Blake Dawson Asia Business Services Limited, Jakarta and Senior Associate, Blake Dawson, Jakarta
After more than six years of negotiations, India and the 10 member states comprising the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed a free trade agreement (AIFTA) on 13 August 2009 which comes into force on 1 January 2010 (or the date by which at least one ASEAN member and India have completed the [...]
End to the Dollars Dominance – Dr. Deepak K. Srivastava, Associate Professor of International Business, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
China called for a debate at a recently held G-8 summit in L’aquila. A proposal for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollars status as an unofficial reserve currency in the international monetary system. China and other Asian countries have been stockpiling reserves in United States dollars to strengthen export competitiveness by weakening [...]
India’s Emerging Demands – Opportunities for Australian Innovations – Khimji Vaghjiani CEO, Solar-Gem
Country background No longer is the sleeping giant a sleeping giant. Industrial GDP growth for the last decade has been between 7-9%, industry confidence over the same period has been buoyed by greater assimilation into the global economy, progressive regulation and an emerging consumer whose appetite for goods and services is like never before. India [...]