41. Philippines' challenges
(Panorama/Development)

... is a challenge, the country suffers from some very large and persistent developmental challenges. First, unemployment remains high, and poverty remains a serious problem -- despite some success stories ...

42. China's elites and development
(Panorama/Society)

... acknowledge that poverty in its many forms must be dealt with. And mobile phones enable coordination of protesters in authoritarian states to act against ruling elites. So how did China's elite become ...

43. Inequality just keeps on rising
(Panorama/Society)

... the employment of under-represented groups. Creating more jobs – and especially more productive and rewarding jobs – which enable people to escape poverty and offer real career prospects, is the most important ...

44. India -- the new frontier?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

Barry O'Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, Australia, has just returned from a trade and investment mission to India, singing the praises of this emerging economy in a major speech yesterday at the Lowy ...

45. Global education in Japan
(Panorama/Society)

... peace and security, fighting poverty, international economic crime etc are no longer national or local, but global.  Thus, the roles of international organizations like the United Nations, International ...

46. Lecturing China
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... and economic growth go hand in hand.  And prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty. ... And this brings me to the final area where we are leading -- our support for the fundamental ...

47. China: how powerful is she?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... in its neighborhood, especially the South China Seas, but not much more than that at this stage. Poverty reduction has been impressive over China's period of strong growth, with less than 20% of the ...

48. Is an Asian Century Possible?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to reach the global average and be similar to European levels today.  Some 3 billion Asians could be moved out of poverty and deprivation and into affluence. But maintaining its current growth trajectory ...

49. OECD countries -- what are they worth now?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... managed, has enormous potential for creating prosperity and reducing poverty.  The risks for globalization are not abstract.  Protectionist pressures are rising, and global trade talks are now being ...

50. Occupy Wall Street
(Panorama/Society)

... level and poverty rate across the OECD membership, Mexico and Turkey excepted.  Since 2000, income inequality has increased rapidly, continuing a long-term trend that goes back to the 1970s. Rich households ...

51. World Bank
(Web Links / Intergovernmental organisations)

Working for a world free of poverty ...