1. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... clear that the US and other non-European OECD countries are on the cusp of an economic revival which should improve their attractiveness to skilled migrants, at a time when Asia's economies are moving ...

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

... We have seen a global financial and economic crisis transform into an employment and social crisis. So this is the world that you, our youth, are inheriting today.  My generation should have left you ...

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

... country should do away with the death penalty altogether. On the whole, Singapore has mobilized its population and succeeded. The recipe may not be exactly replicable, but it is a model to follow for ...

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

... hindering growth. Free and open markets are a key to economic growth; following the law of comparative advantage, each nation should specialize in what it produces most efficiently. Japan, however, continues ...

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

... have experienced dramatic economic development.  But few Asian immigrants are looking over their shoulders with regret. Just 12% say that if they had to do it all over again, they would remain in their ...

6. India's paradoxes
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... so active on the world stage when there should be so many opportunities to develop their own country.  May be it is in fact easier to do business overseas than at home?   While India has achieved strong ...

7. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to her country as Burma, rather than Myanmar, and she was also scolded for comments at a conference in Thailand that international business men should avoid reckless optimism about Burma, and be aware ...

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

... sector and public and private organizations continue to rely on high-speed fixed-broadband connections.  Policy-makers should act swiftly to facilitate the spread of broadband and ensure that broadband ...

9. Understanding the Rise of China -- Martin Jacques
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... following 200 years of world leadership by a small fraction of world powers ("the West"), represents a major democratization of world power, for which we should all be happy. In his talk, Jacques did ...

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

... ILO highlighted major decent work deficits.  Young men and women are three times more likely than adults to be unemployed, while at the same time millions of children who should be in school are engaged ...

11. Food security in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

As emerging Asia celebrates its dramatic reductions in poverty, we should not forget the wide array of insecurities to which the region's citizens are exposed.  Indeed, the 2007/08 global food price spike ...

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

... a broad range of countries?  In particular, for countries with abundant unskilled labor, opening the economy should raise the wages of unskilled labor and depress the wages for skilled workers and returns ...

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

... role of government in a poor country should be to build physical infrastructure, provide its population with a basic education, open up markets and provide coordination for major private sector investments.  ...

14. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... "a profoundly man-made disaster", and that the disaster "could and should have been foreseen and prevented" and its effects should have been "mitigated by a more effective human response". This report, ...

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

... accouterments of liberal society.   It is not unreasonable to think this, and there are millions of Russians and Chinese who passionately believe it and seek it, and if they have need of our help, we should ...

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

... is necessary; (v) the legal system should provide people with legal rights, and protect minority groups, women, etc. A key point is having a multiplicity of institutions.  In the US, there has been too ...

17. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... to her country as Burma, rather than Myanmar, and she was also scolded for comments at a conference in Thailand that international business men should avoid reckless optimism about Burma, and be aware ...

18. Trying to do business in China
(Panorama/Investment)

... culmination of the process of legal, business and financial due diligence, and should be strictly enforced.  For Chinese and most Asians, a contract is more like a letter of intent, a stage in the business ...

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

... have experienced dramatic economic development.  But few Asian immigrants are looking over their shoulders with regret. Just 12% say that if they had to do it all over again, they would remain in their ...

20. Asia's Failed States
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... rights records," a statement accompanying the report said. "Being located next to Afghanistan should not give Uzbekistan a pass on its horrendous record of torture and repression." (ix) Kyrgyzstan -- ...