Asian development outlook 2024
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.9% on average this year as the region continues its resilient growth amid robust domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports,
This preview of the forthcoming Green Growth, Resources and Resilience report highlights the shifts that have taken place in the outlook for the Asian and Pacific region since 2005. While the region
<p>The global economy is driven by competitive pressures. A recent editorial in Science, that addresses the issue of ‘Nurturing Young Scientists’ in the United States, proclaims: ‘It is imperative to grow our economy through global leadership in science’.
Here is a shocking statistic: nearly two million people
China, India and Indonesia are likely to face much higher losses from natural disasters in coming decades as their economies grow faster than their capacity for disaster prevention and relief, a new report has forecast. That means more foreign investment projects will be exposed to disaster damage as economic growth brings more factories, roads and other infrastructure to the region, which suff
East Timor President Jos Ramos-Horta (second from left) with Swami Navananma Jnana Thapaswi, director, Santhigiri Ashram (left), Shashi Tharoor, MP, and Corinna Ybarra Arnold, head of Cultural Affairs, American Consulate, Chennai, at the inauguration of an international conference on
More and more Asian govts are focusing on public transport that's both mass-scale and rapid, and, generally, subsurface for better connectivity Barun Roy / New Delhi September 9, 2010, 0:36 IST A friend, visiting from Dhaka, recently told me something about that city
<p>Global goods trade in the first half of 2010 was about 25 percent higher than the same period of the year before, and the value of worldwide merchandise trade grew during the second quarter, according to new data from the WTO secretariat. But the volume of global trade remains well below the peaks reached in mid-2008 before the global financial and economic crisis.
Southeast Asia is recognized as a region of very high biodiversity, much of which is currently at risk due to habitat loss and other threats. However, many aspects of this diversity, even for relatively well-known groups such as mammals, are poorly known, limiting ability to develop conservation plans.
KOLKATA: Within a year of launch of the