1. China's foreign investment
(Panorama/Investment)

... would never ever have approved a proposal for Nexen to purchase CNOOC. It is important to stress that FDI is fundamentally different from financial investments, as it involves significant management ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... financial crisis. The burgeoning Asianization of migration to the OECD's main Anglo Saxon economies stands out in several respects. About half of these migrants are "high-educated". This is twice the ...

3. Globalization and the challenges of our youth
(Panorama/Society)

... demand for natural resources provided an historic boost to growth in Africa and Latin America.  At the same time, blind faith in free markets drove deregulation in financial markets, especially in the ...

4. Globalization, development and culture
(Panorama/Globalization)

... to financial crisies.  The US will need every ounce of optimism that it can muster to get it out of the current turmoil. All things considered, optimism and self confidence may be the ultimate strength ...

5. Global citizens
(Panorama/Globalization)

... crisis has also pulled this somewhat apart, as responsible northerners are having to bail out financially reckless Mediterranean countries. Ultimately, the citizens of smaller countries will always be ...

6. Singapore in the Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... such high economic figure in these days of recession. Finally, Singapore place 6th on the Innovative Cities Asia Index of 2011 and 4th on Global Financial Centers Index. Having shown Singapore's economic ...

7. America's Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... these immigrants are sending all their money home to support their poor families.  Though they are among the least well-off financially, Vietnamese Americans are among the most likely (58 per cent) to ...

8. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... towards domestic demand has been at the top of agenda for a few years now.  With Europe, China's biggest export destination, mired in financial crisis, the need for rebalancing is becoming ever more urgent. ...

9. Living on $2 a day
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and Ruthven which analyses financial management by poor people in Bangladesh, India and South Africa. When you are living on $2 a day, you spend most of your money on the basics, especially food.  ...

10. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and property. In addition, the Yadana Project has been a significant factor in keeping the Burmese military regime financially solvent.  Rather than contribute to Burma’s development, the project has ...

11. Microfinance today
(Panorama/Finance)

... banking and development spheres.  But what exactly is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as the provision of a range of financial services to poor households and their enterprises. Financial ...

12. Asia's low quality jobs
(Panorama/Society)

... reports the Asian Development Bank.  (Informal workers only account for about one-third of total in Latin America.)  More recently, one consequence of the global financial crisis has been an expansion ...

13. Asia's rising inequality
(Panorama/Society)

...  (i) increasing skill premiums and returns to human capital.  The emergence of vast new economic opportunities, unleashed by trade and financial integration, technological progress, and market-oriented ...

14. Japan's governance problems
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... when Japan’s self-confidence was soaring, a tightly knit elite with enormous financial resources had diminishing regard for anything ‘not invented here.’ ... Only by grasping this mindset can one understand ...

15. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... towards domestic demand has been at the top of agenda for a few years now.  With Europe, China's biggest export destination, mired in financial crisis, the need for rebalancing is becoming ever more urgent. ...

16. Tyranny in China and Russia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... with a powerful, sobering and necessary reminder of the realities of Russia and China.  As Western liberal democracies are mired in financial crisis, too many people are naively praising the "efficiency" ...

17. Sen on development on youtube
(Panorama/Development)

... financial crisis was the denial of the need for a plurality of institutions. As Adam Smith recognized, markets can fail and we need an intelligent state and public scrutiny and reasoning. Reference: ...

18. Asian Century on Youtube
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... efficiency, entrepreneurship/innovation/technology, financial systems, governance/institutions, and moving from growth to well-being. -- At the regional level, issues include development cooperation, ...

19. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... and property. In addition, the Yadana Project has been a significant factor in keeping the Burmese military regime financially solvent.  Rather than contribute to Burma’s development, the project has ...

20. 2012 Conference of Montreal
(Panorama/Globalization)

... highlights online at www.mrglobalization.com.   The 2012 edition of the Conference of Montreal will tackle key global challenges like the economic and financial crisis, the accessibility innovations ...