41. Beating global poverty?
(Panorama/Development)

... was the following - "make poverty history". The World Bank's latest poverty estimates for the developing world suggest that we are well on the road to beating extreme poverty.  But a decent and comfortable ...

42. Urbanization in Asia -- 12 things to know in 2012
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... from the Asian Development Bank website, because they are so interesting. 1.  Asian cities are growing rapidly. Another 1.1 billion people will live in the region’s cities in the next 20 years. Source: ...

43. Whither China's economy?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... in the increasing number of industrial disputes in China. Third, China's economy is unbalanced in that the nation's four large banks provide privileged access to finance for the China's large state-owned ...

44. Asia's services challenges
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

...  But these figures imply that emerging Asia is underperforming in services trade and thus overall services performance.  Why?  Analysis by the OECD and World Bank suggest that emerging Asia (excluding ...

45. Will China overtake the US?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... "Will China Ever Become as Rich as the US?".  Economic Letter -- Insights from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.  Vol.6, No.6.  June 2011. http://www.dallasfed.org/pages/research/eclett/2011/el1106.cfm ...

46. Youth and development in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... their population.  Asia which is home to half the world's total population is also home to half of the world's youth. How should we invest in youth?  The World Bank has a number recommendations for ...

47. Gender equality and development
(Panorama/Society)

... World Bank discusses in its recent World Development Report, many "gender gaps" are now diminishing, but ...     The lives of women around the world have improved dramatically, at a pace and scope ...

48. Japan's triple crisis -- one year on?
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... many rightly question if the timing is right, with the economy still wobbling forward. Interesting proposals for developing renewable energy have been put forward by Mr Son, CEO of Softbank, who is of ...

49. Emerging Asia's precarious middle class
(Panorama/Society)

... also as some of the elite may lose their privileged positions. As the Asian Development Bank reports, emerging Asia's middle class has increased dramatically over the past couple of decades ... But ...

50. Asia’s Development and the Leadership Issue
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Development Bank have shown that inequality has been on the rise throughout the region during the past two decades.  Even Japan, a country where a relatively equal income distribution was its trademark ...

51. World Bank
(Web Links / Intergovernmental organisations)

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