41. Competing with China?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... must be competitive to secure return visitors, and it must make the right product pitch.  Chinese tourists seem to be more interested in night life and shopping, than the mysteries of the outback.  They ...

42. How the Philippines benefits from Australia's booming links with China
(Panorama/International Trade)

... customer relations, information technology, back-office support and form processing, finance and human resources. In this context, the Philippines has emerged as the top offshoring destination for Australian ...

43. 2012 -- a time to prepare for the long haul
(Panorama/Globalization)

... economy bounced back quickly.  The US economy returned to growth of 3% in 2010, and emerging Asia also roared back with 9 1/2% growth, and became a locomotive for the global economy.  Australia did much ...

44. Australia to the UN Security Council?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... to improve the effectiveness of the UN in the post Cold War environment. According to Evans, under the subsequent Howard Liberal government, Australia moved backward on the international stage.  It focused ...

45. Some Australia Day thought leadership
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... and charitable, the phenomenon of rage is now spreading from the road into the workplace, the malls and even the last bastion of the laid-back, free spirited Aussie, the surf! He only wishes that those ...

46. Asia's financial exodus
(Panorama/Finance)

... theft, kickbacks and tax evasion.  For the developing world, trade mispricing accounted for 54% of capital flight over the period 2000-2009, whereas unrecorded capital flows represented 46%. Asia leads ...

47. IMF and Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... some cross-cultural skills, and learning to do business with Asians. Following the 2008 Lehman shock, China and other Asian countries implemented massive stimulus packages, and bounced back quickly.  ...

48. Bribery and corruption in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... is not the first time that Japan has received a "yellow card".  Way back in 2006, Japan was told that it should do more to investigate and prosecute foreign bribery cases as part of its obligations as ...

49. Doing business in Asia
(Panorama/Investment)

... is no guarantee of effective governance.  In fact, these countries barely scrape in ahead of the very backward Cambodia which is ranked 138th. The big story in this is that it should be very easy to ...

50. Inequality just keeps on rising
(Panorama/Society)

... backgrounds. Human capital investment then needs to be sustained over the working life. The way that training is provided also needs careful assessment and both employers and individuals need the means ...

51. Development
(Category)

... moving backwards. Western governments have made many promises to provide increased assistance to these countries, promises which are rarely fulfilled. Should we be worried? Read more  ...

52. background
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53. background
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