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In an exclusive interview with Emerging Markets in his sprawling Dubai residence, Thaksin claims the battle for Thailand’s soul has already been won

Political turmoil threatens Thailand’s nascent economic recovery

China’s spectacular lending binge has brought into sharp relief the need among lenders to shore up their eroded capital base. But more worrying is a likely surge in non-performing loans that could stretch state finances to the limit

China is at a defining moment in its economic history. Having staved off recession through an unprecedented spending spree, its authorities now face the unenviable task of tempering an overheating economy

A major dilemma for central Asia’s economic development is how the region can avoid being reduced to the role of a raw materials supplier to China

One of India’s leading poverty experts has warned that urgent changes are needed in the government’s flagship anti-poverty plan, as debate rages on whether it is big government, or market-based reform, that is needed to meet development challenges

Developing Asia must step up its surveillance of the financial sector and impose controls on capital inflows, experts warned this weekend, as surging foreign investment threatens to create asset bubbles and volatility in the region

Central Asia may be close to entering the public-private partnership era for infrastructure investment – a development that could help transform these landlocked, inaccessible nations

Thailand’s exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra broke a six-month silence this weekend in an exclusive interview with Emerging Markets, and claimed he may return to Bangkok this year

Rich countries must take coordinated action to prevent fiscal woes in Europe and other advanced nations triggering another global economic downturn, leading economists have warned

The dire predicament of Japan’s finances has forced Asia’s largest economy to shift its trading orientation away from the West, towards China and Asia. Its new strategy will be unveiled in the summer

Indonesia plans to build its own version of Singapore’s Temasek – a vast holding company for all of its state-owned assets, officials told Emerging Markets this weekend