Opinion Pieces

October 7, 2014 
Solving the world’s water problems goes beyond technology, knowledge and experience.… Read More

September 18, 2014
Improvements in water management have been made in recent years. But they have come incrementally, at far too slow a pace to address the problem effectively.… Read More

September 11, 2014
Good intentions alone cannot restore the river. Proper analysis and planning are essential.… Read More

September 10, 2014
China’s President Xi Jinping’s proposal of the AIIB has ruffled some feathers, especially in Japan and the US, which are likely to lose some power and influence.… Read More

September 3, 2014 
It is still managed as part of a disaster relief process, which is not effective in the long-term.… Read More

September 2, 2014
Emerging economic powers such as China and India have been negotiating for a greater share of voting powers in multilateral development banks including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).… Read More

September 2, 2014
Can business and society work together to foster each other’s prosperity? Those who believe so tend to espouse corporate social responsibility (CSR). … Read More

August 30, 2014
More than two centuries ago, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in his immortal poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”… Read More

August 26, 2014
But Asia can manage calamity better with a new mindset and policy innovation.… Read More

August 18, 2014
Because of droughts, China is facing a conundrum of tradeoffs between policy objectives such as providing people with food grains at affordable prices and food sufficiency.… Read More