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Assessing how Indian farmers manage climate and weather risks in India

India’s caste system is still alive and well

India’s caste system continues to divide society, restricting opportunity for large numbers of Indian citizens and preventing the nation from realizing its full human potential. Read more...
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Hope and promise of Japan's "womenomics"

Too many Asians do not have a chance to contribute to society or the economy. Perhaps the most egregious case is that of Japanese women. Read more...
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Chinese dream means learning to manage change

Chinese dream will become reality only if China learns to manage change, argues G. Bin Zhao who examines some of the challenges that stand in the way of this dream. Read more...
Financing Smart Cities: Key Requirements

Financing Smart Cities: Key Requirements

What are the key requirements for financing smart cities? Mukul G. Asher and Shahana Sheikh offer us some proposals for the case of India. Read more...
Cambodian Art in Toronto

Cambodian Art in Toronto

The East Gallery's exhibition of contemporary Cambodian painting, "Identities", is the "must-see" event on Toronto's cultural calendar this fall. Read more...
Restructuring Economies, Transforming Societies

Restructuring Economies, Transforming Societies

Sustainable wellbeing requires not just economic restructuring but also social transformation, argued Dennis Snower in his opening address to this year's Global Economic Symposium. Read more...
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Womenomics and Japan's modernization

Anthony De Bondt, a student at Tokyo's Sophia University, explores the participation of Japanese women in the economy, one of country's biggest challenges. Read more...
Age

Asia's looming demographic dilemmas

Asia's rapidly emerging economies have benefited from a "demographic dividend". But many now face the burden of a "demographic tax", which they may find more challenging than Western countries have. Read more...
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China's frustrated youth

China's youth is experiencing growing frustrations. The government will have to do more to maintain social peace. Read more...
Age

Japan's demographic drama

Japan is undergoing a dramatic demographic transition, with a rapid aging and prospective decline of its population. What are the reasons? Does it matter? What to do? Read more...
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Wrong About Japan

"When I grow up I'm going to live in Tokyo". Read more...
Oral Health Education in India

India's skills crisis

India faces a skills crisis. What could this emerging giant learn from a country like Germany, with its very successful skills policies? Read more...
Visit Toronto's Walnut Studios, 31 May

Visit Toronto's Walnut Studios, 31 May

Toronto's Walnut Studios is holding its annual Open House this Saturday, 31 May. Come along and join the fun at Canada's leading artist community. Read more...
India's vocational education and training challenge

India's vocational education and training challenge

German President Joachim Gauck, Infosys Chairman Narayana Murthy, and Vice-chair of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Liz Mohn are working together to tackle India's VET challenge. Read more...
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Towards a modern pension system in India?

Mukul Asher writes of recent initiatives to create a modern pension system in India, to meet the challenges of rapid ageing. Read more...
Super rich Indo-Canadians

Super rich Indo-Canadians

Super rich Indo-Canadians may not be quite in the same league as business tycoons like Mukesh Ambani or L. N. Mittal. But they are certainly a dynamic force in the Canadian economy and society. Read more...
Child Education

India -- the education drop-out

India withdrew from PISA, the world's "Gold Standard" for education evaluation, for 2012 and 2015, following a dismal result in 2009. But this is no way to improve an education system! Read more...
German President at Bangalore skills summit

German President at Bangalore skills summit

German President Gauck will lead discussions at an Indo-German skills summit in Bangalore, India, on 6-7 February. Read more...
Carrying Stones in Suai Loro, Timor-Leste

Women's economic opportunity in Asia

Asia, the world's most dynamic region, is still way behind in providing women with economic opportunity. Read more...
Tiger Cubs

What Asia's Next Generation, the "Tiger Cubs", Thinks

What do Asia's tiger cubs think of issues like education, inequality, demographics, environment, governance, geopolitics, and Asia identity? Read more...