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    In a hard-hitting speech, Nath flayed the west for dictating to emerging nations in the past on how to manage their financial systems. "At the World Economic Forum meets in the past we were told to change our financial regulatory systems" said Nath. “But we did not face a financial crisis. Full Article at Khaleej Times
    At the World Economic Forum meets in the past we were told to change our financial regulatory systems
    – Kamal Nath SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
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  1. These are higher than world growth, projected at 3.1 per cent and far above the weak growth expected in leading developed economies ... There are a variety of reasons for the strong growth across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region – referred to collectively as MENASA – but one of the mo...
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  2. In the next few years, Asia will be the engine of global growth.
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  3. Our two nations, and the wider region in which we are both located, are ideally positioned to benefit from this new economic geography
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  4. The Indian sub-continent in particular and the GCC have among the highest growth rates in the world
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  5. Indian cities such as this great city of Mumbai and Bangalore and Chennai are playing a side-by-side role with other global centres of innovation in IT and creative, business and professional services
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  6. You will also have to sensitise the western countries ... This engagement between us will create a new momentum.
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  7. In this new global economic architecture, the centre of economic activity has shifted from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, making Asia an important engine of the global economy
    – Kamal Nath SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  8. What’s more, since 2000, emerging market economies have been the main drivers of global economic growth, accounting for more than 60 per cent of global economic and trade growth.
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  9. But we did not face a financial crisis. We had not heard of sub-primes and other products. Our model of growth was demand-driven.
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago
  10. The challenge before us in these interesting times is to create even greater economic engagement between India and the UAE
    SOURCE: Khaleej Times 1 month ago

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