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Water Quality: An Ignored Global Crisis

Why has the critical problem of water pollution disappeared from the global agenda, and what does it mean for our future, ask Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
New trends in foreign aid

New trends in foreign aid

As the wealthy OECD countries cut back on their foreign aid, emerging donors like China, India, Brazil and South Africa are expanding their aid programs -- and expanding their influence too. Read more...
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Development Aid and the Rise of New Donors

New donors are challenging the dominant aid discourse of the ‘West’, according to researchers at the York Centre for Asian Research in Toronto. Read more...
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Celebrating Australia's immigration history

On a recent trip to Melbourne, we visited the Immigration Museum, a celebration of Australia's rich immigration history. It is also an excellent public education tool on this complex issue. Read more...
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Urbanization and slums in Asia

Economic theory paints a nice picture of urbanization as a driver of economic development. Unfortunately, too many Asian people who migrate from the country to the city end up in squalid slums. Read more...
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Measuring Asia's globalization

Asia's emerging economies have benefited greatly from the global economy. However, the KOF Index of Globalization suggests that Asia is still "under-globalized". Read more...
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Singapore is Asia's most innovative city

Singapore is Asia's most innovative city, closely followed by Sydney and Melbourne, according to a recent report by Solidiance. Read more...
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WTO in the Asian Century

The next Director-General of World Trade Organization should be Asian, and Indonesia's Mari Pangetsu is an excellent candidate. Read more...
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Welcome to Canada!

Canada extends a very warm welcome to its immigrants, as evidenced in the "Welcome to Canada" booklet published by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. An increasing number of immigrants are Asian. Read more...
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Asian migration to Australia

While a growing share of migrants to Australia comes from Asian countries like China and India, only a very small number come from Indonesia, Australia's nearest and very important Asian neighbor. Read more...

Australia's migration muddles

Australia has one of the world's most successful experiences of immigration. In an act of political desperation, Australia's Julia Gillard is undermining this. Read more...
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Change of direction at Asian Development Bank?

Could the Asian Development Bank be heading in a new direction under the prospective new leadership of Takehiko Nakao? Read more...
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Human trafficking and Australia

We don't think of Australia as a destination for human trafficking. But it is, like everywhere else. Read more...
International Women's Day Amsterdam 2013 BRIDGES OF PEACE FOR OUR FUTURE: we still have to bridge the colonial gap in the present

International Women's Day 2013

On International Women's Day 2013, we can celebrate the great progress achieved in women's lives. But we must also deplore the widespread discrimination and violence from which women still suffer. Read more...
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An Asian Pope for this Asian Century

This Asian Century deserves an Asian Pope. And the Asian papal candidate is the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Read more...
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US on migrants' rights

The United States is an admirable international spokesman on migrants' rights issues. But it still has many challenges to deal with at home. Read more...
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Racism and intolerance in Australia

Racism towards Asian and other ethnic groups is alive and well in Australia, despite the country's attempted embrace of the Asian Century. Read more...
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Can world's water crisis be solved?

Combining good policies and management practices with right technologies could eradicate the global water shortages, argue Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr. Read more...

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Asian migration to the Gulf

As we celebrate the Asian Century, don't forget that the majority of emigrants from Asia go to the Gulf countries, where many suffer terribly -- to this very day. Read more...

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Asia's wasted migration opportunities

Older, labor-scarce Asian countries like Japan, Korea and Taiwan are wasting migration opportunities from their younger, labor abundant Asian neighbors. Read more...