41. Japan's muddled development cooperation
(Panorama/Development)

... by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Around two-thirds of Japanese ODA is managed through this ministry and JICA.  But the Ministry of Finance virtually runs its own independent development cooperation ...

42. Why Asia needs better developed bond markets?
(Panorama/Finance)

... In many countries, bank finance was used as an instrument of industrial policy, thereby distorting financial market development away from corporate bond markets.  Also in many countries, governments did ...

43. SME financing and the crisis
(Panorama/Finance)

...     As this week’s Economist newspaper says, small business has a big problem. And that is access to finance. Access to finance usually means access to bank finance, because small and medium size enterprises ...

44. Innovation Today
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... should be unleashed through open and competitive markets, access to finance, and a risk-taking culture.  Innovation increasingly involves collaboration between different enterprises, sometimes in different ...

45. Internet Freedom in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... with targets ranging from groups reporting on Chinese human rights abuses to international finance, defense and technology companies. In addition to China, other Asian countries to earn a "Not Free" ...

46. Who next for the IMF?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

French playboy, politician and head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss Kahn, seems to be mortally wounded.  Some European finance leaders are already calling for his resignation.  The ...

47. Japan's Civil Society
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... tanks like in the US, Europe or even Australia.  All think tanks are financed or closely linked to the government, and are often amakudari organizations.  Further, there are no major citizen activist groups.  ...

48. Theories of economic development
(Panorama/Development)

... human capital shortages, lack of availability of finance, poor infrastructure.  Development specialists like us should analyze the nature of each country’s problems, based on our theories.  Development ...

49. China and inclusive growth
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... out in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan to enhance environmental protection, accelerate the process of opening and reform, and emphasize Hong Kong's role as a center of international finance.   And just ...

50. What do nuclear and financial crises have in common?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... of American financial markets.  They believed that their capacity to allocate finance efficiently was a key element of the success of the American economy.    True, many pointed to the risks posed ...

51. Finance
(Category)

Global finance must be the most risky, dangerous and problematic form of globalization. But it should not be … Theory tells us that finance should flow from mature, OECD economies to emerging and developing ...