41. China's lack of global leadership
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and has suffered as the prices of these commodities have risen, while the prices of its exports of manufactured products have fallen.  China is thus keen to reduce its dependence on these imports by improving ...

42. Innovation Asia
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... knowledge and adapting it to their local conditions.  And some enterprises from middle income countries are emerging on the global innovation scene, even if they may be based in "islands of progress" in ...

43. Russia and the East
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... it could create a strong base in which Russian companies could join the technological supply chain process along with Asian companies in the future. It would create good incentives for big Russian enterprises ...

44. Human security in Asia
(Panorama/Development)

... ethnic violence, epidemics, and sudden economic crises.  The notion of human security is people-centred and goes beyond traditional security analysis which focuses on the ability of the state to defend ...

45. Reassessing Asia's economic miracle
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and more exports. Government industrial policy played a major role in its successful upgrading through many means, most notably by supplying large enterprises with privileged access to bank finance, ...

46. Beating global poverty?
(Panorama/Development)

... to the effects of food, energy, financial and other crises, or natural disasters. While emerging Asia is leading the developing world in terms of poverty reduction, Japan is sharing the unfortunate trend ...

47. Asian Century Hype
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... year 1000, Asia's GDP per capita had crept a little ahead (about 10%) of the West. After the year 1000, Western Europe gradually started to emerge from the Dark Ages with the rise of the Italian City ...

48. Urbanization in Asia -- 12 things to know in 2012
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

Asia is moving into an era of unprecedented urbanization, a change bringing prosperity and problems. Here are 12 facts and figures about the rise of the city which are lifted directly and unashamedly ...

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

Is the Chinese economy heading for a crash?  Or will the government be able to engineer a continuation of growth?  Or will it surprise us all again by booming along?  No-one can really be sure now, or ...

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

As countries navigate the path from poverty to prosperity, they typically experience a relative decline in their agricultural sectors, a shift towards manufacturing, and then a rise of their services sectors. ...

51. Investment
(Category)

... the dramatic rise of investments from sovereign wealth funds, and state-owned enterprises... Read more  ...