41. Human development in Asia
(Panorama/Development)

... thanks to Japan's better scores on education and to a lesser extent life expectancy. So in this Asian Century, how do our Asian friends stack up in the human development race? Developing East Asia ...

42. Asian Century Hype
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

There is a lot of hype about the Asian Century.  The Chinese economy will soon exceed America's in size.  Asia's economy will become bigger than the West, as it was from the beginning of time until the ...

43. 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: ...

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

... track to development as countries can leap-frog towards a services economy.  International tourism has been a development driver for many Asian countries, like Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Singapore. ...

45. Is Australia merely America's poodle in the Asia-Pacific?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

Australia is indeed too much of a poodle of the US in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Professor Alan Dupont and many of his Asian interlocutors. While the US/Australia Alliance is very valuable, ...

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

... enterprises have also been very active in the cross-border knowledge and technology transfer process in countries like Singapore.  Many Asian SMEs have increased their technical competence by supplying ...

47. An Indo-Pacific Strategy for Australia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... is a longstanding relationship with much broader implications. Medcalf's analysis is spot on.  Australia has indeed been much quicker to come to terms with China than other Asian countries.  Not only ...

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

... opposed to social) organization and production, with the move away from agriculture to manufacturing and services, and increasing urbanization.  The role and status of women is shifting in many Asian countries ...

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)

... capita in purchasing power parity terms higher than Italy. Which factors contributed to the Asian miracle? Of course, there were many drivers behind it, such as higher level of education, huge saving ...

51. East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
(Web Links / Civil society organisations)