October 7, 2014
For times immemorial, spices have been a source of riches, status and power. Securing their supply once motivated the scramble for the world and its seas, making civilisations clash, mingle and merge to control trade routes.… Read More
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