With booming economic growth Asia will play increasingly important role in global economic and energy matters. World … increase in demand for oil in Asia will most likely amplify the dependency on shipments from other regions (particularly the … Middle East). Ensuring energy security would therefore turn out to be a vital task. In Asia (particularly East Asia), the …

The rise of China is a major episode in world economic history. From the late 1970s, China pursued market … to an industrialised economy. Third, China is changing from autarky to an important player in the arena of world economy …

Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and … Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in …

Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in … schemes in Asia, informed by insights from theory and international experience. The paper identifies alternative forms of …

The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large … pressure to adjust their lifestyles that respect the Earths’ carrying capacity. As far as countries in the Asia and Pacific … consumption is the need of the hour. Several examples of good practices and community initiatives can be found around the world …