1. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... and much of the rest fairly evenly split between Canada, UK and Australia. These four countries account for more than 80 per cent of Asian migrants living in the OECD group of 34 countries. The share ...

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

... story. In Canada, we are all awaiting the election with baited breath.  The big differences between Obama and Romney are on the domestic economy, and ultimately the most important link between the US ...

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

... of the West, the crisis has also exposed deep flaws in Asia's economic development model.  There has been too much reliance on US and EU export markets.  Income gaps are widening between rich and poor.  ...

4. Globalization, the word
(Panorama/Globalization)

... information and the results of research flow readily between countries – Oxford Dictionary of Economics. . the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational corporate ...

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

... is Japan with 0.547. Since the United States has a Wealth Gini of 0.801, Singapore is not showing as a great disparity between the rich and the poor living within its borders as the US is, and therefore ...

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

... while Japan grew only 1% between 1995 and 2008. If this dismal growth rate continues, in the long run, China and other fast growing nations will outpace and outcompete Japan. The Japanese government has ...

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

... like the princelings (the children and grandchildren of prominent members of China’s Communist Party), and the Communist Youth Party League.  And there are also major policy differences between left and ...

8. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... location between India, China and South East Asia, and of its large population of about 60 million people. We must however be careful about rushing to a very optimistic assessment.  There is a whole ...

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

... with annual growth of 8.2% between 1981 and 2007.  Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, which all started the period with relatively higher levels of income per capita, saw their average growth rates ...

10. Human capital in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... demands for skilled labor, the region also suffers from a gap between education outputs and labor market needs that is widening more rapidly than in other developing regions.   OECD's PISA Programme ...

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

... spending.  For the advanced economies, it ranges from $1,800 a person per year for Singapore to $3,400 for Australia, with Japan, New Zealand and Korea in between.  If you're a citizen of one of the emerging ...

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

... to accelerate worldwide, spurred by a steady fall in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services.  Broadband prices dropped 50% between 2008 and 2010.  But there are huge differences in broadband ...

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

... informal sector.  Productivity in the informal sector is around 5-10 times lower than the formal sector. In developing Asia, there is a strong inverse relationship between informal employment and per ...

14. Food security in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... poverty incidence.  Between 1990 and 2009, the proportion of people in Asia living on less than $1.25 a day dropped from 50% to 22%.  But the proportion of undernourished children in Asia only declined ...

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

While emerging Asia continues to achieve a stunning performance in poverty reduction, the gap between rich and poor keeps widening too.  Why?  Does it matter?  And what to do?   Emerging Asia's ...

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

... of Japan’s civil society." Some of the more specific conclusions are set out below: "The TEPCO Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident was the result of collusion between the government, the regulators ...

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

... like the princelings (the children and grandchildren of prominent members of China’s Communist Party), and the Communist Youth Party League.  And there are also major policy differences between left and ...

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

... disparities between countries which threaten peace and stability, competition for resources, climate change and water crises, and natural disasters. The biggest challenge to overcome is the recent deterioration ...

19. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... location between India, China and South East Asia, and of its large population of about 60 million people. We must however be careful about rushing to a very optimistic assessment.  There is a whole ...

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

... between English and Chinese, and you should have your own translater. There are two broad categories of foreign investment in China -- wholly foreign-owned enterprise or equity joint ventures.  The sectoral ...