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Asian Century Institute - ENVIRONMENT

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Message from the Executive Director. Managing the world's liquid asset - water. Change in culture and mindset about water use in private and public sectors are needed to tackle world's water problems argue Asit K Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Giovanna Chandler. Read more. Asia's urban environmental crisis. Asia's booming cities must go green or risk disaster, writes John West. Read more. China’s murky waters. Achieving Energy Efficiency in India. Water security, economic growth and sustainable development.

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Asian Century Institute - ECONOMY

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Message from the Executive Director. Debt and Bets on whose interest? Jayasri Priyalal from the UNI Asia and Pacific trade union group has shared with us his important article on major problems in the banking industry. Read more. Portfolio Investment in Asia. Glen Robinson explores the relative performance of 5 exchanges in the region and as a benchmark, also explores 5 “western” exchanges, including Australia, over a 10-year period. Read more. Emerging markets as investment targets. China has played a k...

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Asian Century Institute - POLITICS

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Message from the Executive Director. Thailand’s military madness. Thailand’s 2014 military coup may have been the 20th since 1932. But this one was also fundamentally different, writes John West. Read more. Philippines’ authoritarian nostalgia. The Philippines’ fiesta politics has drawn another wild card, in the form of its new President, Rodrigo Duterte, writes John West. Read more. Korea should drop charges against imprisoned trade unionists. China and Taiwan - Apocalypse Now? Sri Lanka’s karma. Ldquo;...

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Asian Century Institute - DEVELOPMENT

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Message from the Executive Director. Working for Apple in China. Working conditions for employees of Apple's China-based subcontractors may be improving. But they are still a long way from the objective of decent work, writes John West. Read more. Asian poverty, and India's toilet crisis. As the world celebrates Asia's dramatic reduction in income poverty, it is too often overlooked that there has been much less progress in tackling other dimensions of Asian poverty, writes John West Read more. Poverty r...

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Asian Century Institute - Clean water vital for China's growth

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Message from the Executive Director. Clean water vital for China's growth. Clean water vital for China's growth. Clean water is vital for China's growth writes Cecilia Tortajada. Clean water is vital for China's growth writes Cecilia Tortajada. China has reasonably good legislation on environmental protection but it is seldom enforced. The Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Law clearly stipulates water quality and pollution discharge standards to prevent surface and groundwater pollution. ...China...

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Asian Century Institute - The Met's Costume Institute Multicultural Scramble

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Message from the Executive Director. The Met's Costume Institute Multicultural Scramble. The Met's Costume Institute Multicultural Scramble. China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries, as Misha Pinkhasov highlights in his article on the Met's exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass. The Met’s latest fashion show merits a much longer and more contemplative wander than the crowds will allow, but don’t feel that you’ve missed a learning opportunity. That is quite a letdown from an exhib...

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Asian Century Institute - MIGRATION

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Message from the Executive Director. Towards a multicultural Korea? Could its current wave of immigration transform ethnocentric Korea into a multicultural society asks John West. Read more. Japan's immigration phobia is costing the country dearly, argues John West. Read more. Urbanization and Migration in Developing Asia. Urbanization is a complex challenge, with implications that are difficult to forecast, write Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada. Read more. Asian migration to Australia. Metro Manila...

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Asian Century Institute - SOCIETY

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Message from the Executive Director. Asia's disappointing social progress. Social progress has been disappointingly weak in Asia, writes John West. Read more. Misery in Hong Kong. Hong Kongers are miserable, and Beijing should be worried, writes John West. Read more. Asia's dishonorable honor killings. Asia's appalling human rights. Most Asian economies have achieved stunning economic growth and poverty reduction. But progress in human rights is lagging way behind, writes John West. Read more. China's hu...

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Asian Century Institute - Revamping India's public procurement

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Message from the Executive Director. Revamping India's public procurement. Revamping India's public procurement. A properly designed and implemented procurement law is long overdue. It can improve financial management, and bring large financial and governance benefits. A properly designed and implemented procurement law is long overdue. It can improve financial management, and bring large financial and governance benefits, argue MUKUL G. ASHER, TARUN SHARMA and SHAHANA SHEIKH. There are many benefits of ...