Comment EM and The Cover

In order to calm the anxiety of foreign currency traders and hopefully reverse prevailing market expectations, China’s President Xi Jinping reiterated during his state visit to the US last month that there was no basis for long run depreciation of the yuan.

The principle is clear: shareholders and creditors should bear risk of bank failures. Working out how to achieve that is the difficult part.

Women's participation in the labour force still lags men's by 12% even in developed economies. In the MENA region it can be up to 50%. That is a wasted resource - and best practice examples show countries and companies that tackle the problem outperform

Asia's must develop its capital markets' infrastructure to take full advantage of the region's expansion in wealth

Indonesians probably have the most justifiable gripe of any nation, along with Mexico, not to be included in the Bric group that I dreamt up in 2001.

This decade is likely to herald the coming of age of emerging market bonds as logical recipients of global capital

A large outflow of Chinese money would send stock markets and real estate prices in the US soaring

Countries must resist calls to protect their domestic systems from financial reform

Fears that opening up the sector more could lead to capital outflows are exaggerated. Instead, India's insurance sector would benefit from more foreign investment

The issue of offering small companies in emerging markets access to finance is a thorny one. But well-executed SME exchanges could be the answer

The headwinds that hit India's economy continue to pose risks to growth, but the country's fate hinges on the government's determination to push through reforms

A flurry of activity is expected by loans bankers from South Korea in the next two months as tensions with the North have eased