1. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... financial crisis. The burgeoning Asianization of migration to the OECD's main Anglo Saxon economies stands out in several respects. About half of these migrants are "high-educated". This is twice the ...

2. Globalization and the challenges of our youth
(Panorama/Society)

... a truly global economy, "economic globalization".  Many Latin American countries emerged from their debt crisis, opened markets and stablized their economies.  South Africa abolished apartheid.  Following ...

3. Global citizens
(Panorama/Globalization)

... working together. History shows that we human beings have the capacity to open our eyes, minds, hearts and hands.  Take for example when crisis strikes.  Japan’s triple whammy of a crisis – earthquake, ...

4. America's Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... continuing through the worst economic crisis that America has seen since the great depression.  It is taking place at a time when the countries of origin of the migrants are experiencing historically unprecedented ...

5. India's paradoxes
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... in response to economic crisis.  India has also been able to take advantage of the global boom in business process outsourcing, thanks to its English-literate population, and the many Indians who have ...

6. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... towards domestic demand has been at the top of agenda for a few years now.  With Europe, China's biggest export destination, mired in financial crisis, the need for rebalancing is becoming ever more urgent. ...

7. Microfinance today
(Panorama/Finance)

... from a microbanking crisis. Lenders were not socially responsible, offering loans that they knew were too large to be repaid, charging high interest rates of loans, and overburdening borrowers with multiple ...

8. Asia's low quality jobs
(Panorama/Society)

... reports the Asian Development Bank.  (Informal workers only account for about one-third of total in Latin America.)  More recently, one consequence of the global financial crisis has been an expansion ...

9. Natural disasters in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

Japan's triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis) of 11 March 2011 provided a harsh reminder that no country is without risk of being hit by natural disasters which wreak havoc without discrimination, ...

10. Food security in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... rice -- staple crops for much of the world -- made matters worse, disrupting markets and harming both producers and consumers.  The 2007-2008 food price crisis pushed 44 million people globally below ...

11. Japan's governance problems
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

As countries develop, the role of government must evolve too.  In this regard, the report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission demonstrates clearly how Japan's government ...

12. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... towards domestic demand has been at the top of agenda for a few years now.  With Europe, China's biggest export destination, mired in financial crisis, the need for rebalancing is becoming ever more urgent. ...

13. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... criteria of electoral process and pluralism, and functioning of government.  Just yesterday, a Japanese parliamentary panel has concluded in a report that the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was ...

14. Tyranny in China and Russia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... with a powerful, sobering and necessary reminder of the realities of Russia and China.  As Western liberal democracies are mired in financial crisis, too many people are naively praising the "efficiency" ...

15. Sen on development on youtube
(Panorama/Development)

... financial crisis was the denial of the need for a plurality of institutions. As Adam Smith recognized, markets can fail and we need an intelligent state and public scrutiny and reasoning. Reference: ...

16. 2012 Conference of Montreal
(Panorama/Globalization)

... highlights online at www.mrglobalization.com.   The 2012 edition of the Conference of Montreal will tackle key global challenges like the economic and financial crisis, the accessibility innovations ...

17. America's Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... continuing through the worst economic crisis that America has seen since the great depression.  It is taking place at a time when the countries of origin of the migrants are experiencing historically unprecedented ...

18. Asia's Failed States
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... worse than the previous year.  In the wake of the massive earthquake and resultant nuclear crisis, Japan also worsened significantly.  Greece continued to decline as the economic crisis has gripped the ...

19. Human Rights in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... crisis increased the country’s leverage in the domain of global human rights – mostly for the worse. If there is one country that is worse than China, it is: North Korea The year ended with Kim Jong-un ...

20. World Economy in Grave Danger
(Panorama/Globalization)

... in response to the crisis, a great reform agenda has been launched.  Others complimented the decisive package to address Spain's banking problems.  We were also reassured by reports of widespread regulatory ...