41. 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 ...

42. Asia’s Development and the Leadership Issue
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Development Bank have shown that inequality has been on the rise throughout the region during the past two decades.  Even Japan, a country where a relatively equal income distribution was its trademark ...

43. Breaking time for the BRICs?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... the productivity, their economies will eventually overtake those with smaller populations. And this is what has been happening.  After decades of bad policies, the emerging world is increasingly adopting ...

44. Is China's economy in the balance?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... inputs are distorted, yet what is being manufactured is exceptionally competitive in global markets. Income inequality has been deteriorating sharply over the past several decades yet some 500 million ...

45. Central Asia Update
(Panorama/Globalization)

... dramatic economic improvements attained by East Asia in the last 3 decades. Central Asia did not succeed as much. Why? Are there globalization winners and losers? It is very challenging task to make ...

46. How the Philippines benefits from Australia's booming links with China
(Panorama/International Trade)

... has enjoyed one of the best economic performances of any OECD country.  While many structural reforms over the past few decades and sound macroeconomic management have underpinned this, Australia's closer ...

47. Measuring up Asia's economy
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to 10% annual growth in GDP per capita in recent decades.  The China growth story is unique, very few other countries coming close to it, with the best other performers all achieving around 5% annual growth, ...

48. Asia and Europe
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

Euro-bashing is now becoming a fad. According to distinguished Australian economist Warwick McKibbon, Europe is guilty of decades of government failure -- it is "the region of choice for what not to ...

49. 2012 -- a time to prepare for the long haul
(Panorama/Globalization)

... brought to an end two decades of hubris after the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the age of globalisation.  It is now time to re-group and prepare for a long, slow haul of recovery, and the next ...

50. IMF and Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... which Lipton represents, will always be a driving force in IMF policies. For their part, Asian with their long ancient traditions will always bear a grudge for decades, if not centuries.  This is exacerbated ...