1. China's foreign investment
(Panorama/Investment)

... foreign investment policies. But this can provide the necessary flexibility for responding to the great diversity of investment cases. China chooses to have different systems from Western countries (and ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... policies which favor skilled and employer-driven migration. There has also been a dramatic increase in students going overseas, with Asians predominating among international students. Three countries, ...

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

... also enacted and condoned policies which negatively impact the economy and stifle growth. Finally, Japan is severely lacking in innovative technologies, methods, and ideas that will propel the economy ...

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

... historically recent phenomenon.  In 1965, the Asian-American share of the U.S. population stood at less than 1 percent, having been held down by a century’s worth of exclusionary policies explicitly based ...

5. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... internal socialism and external isolationism.  A popular uprising in 1988 brought to power a new group of generals who wanted to abandon these policies.  They held an election in 1990 which was won by ...

6. Microfinance today
(Panorama/Finance)

... insurance, health or life insurance, etc. These individuals would normally be excluded from such insurance policies, and through microfinance, they are given a certain amount of cushion in the case of ...

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

... it employs sound policies and institutions.  This means that a poorer country is expected to grow faster than a higher income country as it can build up physical and human capital, and technology.  In ...

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

... an engine for economic growth and implemented policies allowing it to become an "IT powerhouse".  By creating a competitive and dynamic environment, Korea has become an inclusive information society, and ...

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

... And inequality can lead to a political backlash against pro-growth policies. What governments should do to address inequality?  Above all, governments should not seek to reverse the main drivers of growth ...

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

... As a country progresses towards advanced status, the priority should move to providing the institutions and policies to manage and regulate a sophisticated market economy.  The complexity of advanced economies ...

11. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... policy of internal socialism and external isolationism.  A popular uprising in 1988 brought to power a new group of generals who wanted to abandon these policies.  They held an election in 1990 which was ...

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

... policies regulating foreign investment in China are complex.  Foreign investment is: encouraged in some sectors; allowed in others; restricted in sectors like financial services. real estate, professional ...

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

... historically recent phenomenon.  In 1965, the Asian-American share of the U.S. population stood at less than 1 percent, having been held down by a century’s worth of exclusionary policies explicitly based ...

14. Women's economic opportunity in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... the lesser developed countries of Asia, development prospects are greatly hindered by low investments in female health and education, and policies and cultural practices and norms which limit women's capacity ...

15. China's reform challenges
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... investment; allowing open trade and investment policies that encourage technological catchup; and implementing industrial policies when market and coordination failures inhibit the development of internationally ...

16. Poverty in India
(Panorama/Development)

... capita terms.  In reality, the main cause of its poor performance was its inward-looking, socialist policies. About twenty years ago, a financial crisis provided a trigger for launching reforms, which ...

17. Is China cracking?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... launched a public spending spree on social housing, tree planting, and luring industry, and espoused Maoist policies, thereby appealing to public opinion, but challenging Beijing's neo-liberal orthodoxy. ...

18. Human development in Asia
(Panorama/Development)

... East Asia and the Pacific is 0.671, and that of South Asia is 0.548. But these Asian countries enjoy the benefit of backwardness, which means that with good policies they can continue a rapid economic ...

19. Asian Century Hype
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... has improved the lives of many Asians, and also improved the lives of people throughout the whole world.  If good policies are maintained, this should continue because it is a process of economic catchup.  ...

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

... European and US markets, these subsidized exports have exposed the Chinese economy to the volatilities caused by financial crises. Why doesn't the government start reforming these policies, as it has ...