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

... there are the cultural barriers of language, and different business practices. Back home Chinese companies may have a free hand once they have received government approval for a project. In democratic ...

2. Whither Obama, the global president?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... economy, jobs and Europe. Obama bounced back in the second and third debates, with more aggressive performances.  And while Obama may have won those debates, Romney did not lose his position as a viable ...

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

... concept.  Way back in the year AD 220, Greek philosopher Diogenes Laertius said “I am a citizen of the world”.  And more recently in AD 1776, the American revolutionary Thomas Paine said “The world is ...

4. Globalization, the word
(Panorama/Globalization)

... -- Wikipedia. Let’s come back to Levitt and assess his contribution.  What were his main arguments?  “Two vectors shape the world – technology and globalization.  … Regardless of how much preferences ...

5. Japan in the Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... take the appropriate steps and make the right changes, Japan will be able to get out of its slump and succeed in the Asian Century. However, without any changes, Japan will fade into the background, and ...

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

... undergoes rapid ageing. Improving the spending power of Chinese citizens could be boosted by improved social welfare coverage, tax cuts and salary rises.  But this would necessarily entail cutting back ...

7. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... being for nutrition, years of schooling, school attendance, and drinking water.  Rural poverty is three times that of urban poverty. Another sign of Burma's backwardness is that about half its GDP still ...

8. Microfinance today
(Panorama/Finance)

... small remittances back to their rural, or hard to reach, relatives. The provision of credit and loans to poor households and unsalaried workers is probably the most famous function of microfinance. Microcredit ...

9. Economic growth prospects in Asia
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... fact, the lower is the level of development relative to the steady state, the higher subsequent growth tends to be.  This is the benefit of backwardness.  So while the Chinese might brag about their very ...

10. Asia`s social development
(Panorama/Society)

... feedback loop as low investments in human capital will ultimately undermine economic growth Reference: OECD.  Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2011 http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3746,en_2649_33933_49233154_1_1_1_1,00.html ...

11. Asia's information society
(Panorama/Society)

... Macao.  Other Asian countries stretch way back in the overall list of 152 countries --   Malaysia 58th, China 80th, Vietnam 81st, Mongolia 86th, Thailand 89th, Philippines 92nd, Indonesia 101st, Sri Lanka ...

12. Natural disasters in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... countries with weak governance and economies get hit the most.  The poor tend to live in more exposed areas and have vulnerable livelihoods and few resources to fall back on.  A major disaster can derail ...

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

... has the fourth highest level of inequality, after Chile, Mexico and Turkey.   In fact, inequality matters very much for several reasons.  First, rising inequality holds back poverty reduction.  If inequality ...

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

... historical record of mammoth  tsunami going back hundreds of years? And would those responsible  remain deaf to clear warnings of possible future tsunami, the last  being delivered (and ignored) just four ...

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

... undergoes rapid ageing. Improving the spending power of Chinese citizens could be boosted by improved social welfare coverage, tax cuts and salary rises.  But this would necessarily entail cutting back ...

16. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... globally there has been backsliding on previously attained progress in democracy leading Larry Daimond to speak of a "democratic recession". How does the EIU measure democracy? Most importantly, ...

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

... countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia, and will Asia be able to handle that new position ...

18. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... being for nutrition, years of schooling, school attendance, and drinking water.  Rural poverty is three times that of urban poverty. Another sign of Burma's backwardness is that about half its GDP still ...

19. Burma: some Nobel thoughts
(Panorama/Society)

...  These challenges include the backward state of the economy, the low human capital of its people and its weak basic institutional capacities.  But the challenges also include the fact that longstanding ...

20. State capitalism
(Panorama/Investment)

... the past decade or so with the rise of state-owned or controlled enterprises.  These enterprises are backed by the state, but behave like private-sector multinationals.  The leading practitioner of state ...