January / February 2001
Nepal
- FNCCI and Confederation of Danish Industries sign MOU to boost Nepal-Denmark
economic cooperation
- SAARC Chamber meet ends in Kathmandu
- Nepal, India agree to exchange more electricity
- Nepal, Pakistan sign accord on double taxation
- Tourism promoted in Germany
- Export increase by 25%
- The price of Urea hiked by 35%
- ILFC sign an MOU on equity participation
SAARC
- Indian Govt. need to stress on core sector for 9% growth : CII
- FICCI seeks 5 year tax holiday for software
- Indian jute sector seeks CVD levy on Bangladesh imports
- Bangladesh achieves 6.03% GDP growth
- Bangladesh forms high power IT Task Force
- Bangladesh trade deficit with India
- Pakistan renegotiates foreign debt.
- Sri Lanka : Tourism falls by 22.6%
Asia
- China's economic growth to grow by 7-8% in 2001
- Japanese economy plunges in competitiveness rankings
- Tourism grows in Singapore
- Environment technology market grows in Asia
- Japanese economy recovering
- Asia will ride out US slump
World
- World digitally divided : ILO
- IMF growth index at 3.5%
- WB offering credit in domestic currencies
- US internet economy worth $830 billion
- Low oil prices not to harm US, OPEC economy
- E&Y sees economic slow-down in UK
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