The biggest emerging markets, with their huge foreign-exchange reserves, appear to be almost crisis-proof (at least outside eastern Europe) in contrast to the seemingly crisis-prone rich world.

ECONOMIST: The path ahead

Kirgizstan, in contrast to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, is not rich in oil and gas.

ECONOMIST: Kirgizstan

What India s case law shows, says Marco Ventura, a religious-law professor, is the contrast between conversion in rich, liberal societies and traditional ones, where discrimination tempts people to make tactical moves.

ECONOMIST: Religious conversions