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

... of slum dwellers has actually increased from about 777 to 827 million in 2010 due to rapid urbanization. Source: UN Habitat State of the World's Cities 2010/2011 – Cities for All: Bridging the Urban Divide ...

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

... on both sides, and the Australian government still does not have a well developed and coherent strategy for the region. The world is now changing rapidly with the re-emergence of China and India.  ...

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

... people's capabilities to choose well among these opportunities by recognising them as decision-making agents and by helping ensure that their decisions are well informed, adequately resourced, and judicious. ...

44. Gender equality and development
(Panorama/Society)

... as well as among disadvantaged populations. Women still have unequal access to economic opportunities.  They are more likely than men to work as unpaid family laborers or in the informal sector.  Women ...

45. Japan's triple crisis -- one year on?
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... citizen science, and direct confrontation with the state, Japanese citizens are pushing for a new, more vocal role in policy making. Looking ahead, Japan still has many well documented problems which ...

46. Emerging Asia's precarious middle class
(Panorama/Society)

...  Already there are signs that foreign direct investment in emerging Asia, especially in China, is targeting domestic demand as well as exports. The rise of Asia's middle class is also acting as a spur ...

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

... and infrastructure improvements”, which means matching ongoing economic growth with the other dimensions of development. At the beginning of the miracle, leaders across the region well understood the ...

48. Competing with China?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... competitive means having the right product quality and price, as well as strong cross-cultural skills to understand our customers. But trade's comparative advantage is a dynamic concept.  For example, ...

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

... countries. But these accomplishments took place when global and national conditions were quite different than what the future now portends. This suggests that policies that served China well in the past ...

50. Human dignity, water and revolutions in Africa
(Panorama/Development)

... that the right to have a voice as well as a more equitable stake in the future of a nation have been significant factors. Dignity also includes more prosaic notions, such as having access to basic staple ...