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Water Challenges Asia’s Rising Powers – Part II

Rohini Nilekani July 14, 2011
India and China account for one third of the world’s population; each consumes more freshwater than other nations. Per inhabitant per year, though, India uses less than half what’s used in the US, China uses less than one third. This YaleGlobal series examines India and China’s water use, their expectations for rising demand and recognition that shortages will disrupt economic progress. The...

Water Challenges Asia’s Rising Powers – Part I

Keith Schneider July 12, 2011
Scarcity of water increasingly challenges economic growth of India and China. Water’s role in economic development is taken for granted, yet for running the growth engine it’s as precious a commodity as fossil fuels. This YaleGlobal series examines strategies for negotiating demands among competing industries. Conflicts over water could disrupt China’s steady economic progress, argues journalist...

The Arab Spring’s Chill Winds

April 27, 2011
The uprisings in the Arab world – especially in Libya – are slowing economic growth in Bangladesh. Remittances sent from the Arab world represent 12 percent of Bangladesh’s GDP. “Bangladesh depends on remittances from the Middle East more than any other large country,” explains this article in the Economist. Bangladesh, a severely impoverished nation of 156 million, is a parliamentary democracy....

A Wing and a Prayer: Outsourcing at Boeing

Kyle Peterson March 11, 2011
In making its new 787 Dreamliner, Boeing outsourced work to a global network of more than 50 partners, a marked contrast to the traditional practice of manufacturing planes at its base near Seattle, Washington. The plane is nearly three years behind schedule, beset by technical and supply problems and billions of dollars in cost over-runs. Boeing workers complain that the failures derive in part...

Brazil Takes a Second Look at China Ties

Sean Goforth February 23, 2011
Growing trade between Brazil and China is driven by China’s demand for Brazilian raw materials. China is Brazil’s biggest trade partner. Brazil may enjoy a large trade surplus, but the government increasingly recognizes that the relationship is imbalanced and not benefiting Brazilian ambitions. Exporting raw materials and importing manufactured goods challenges the Brazilian industrial sector,...

Surprising But True, US Exports Are Growing

Edward Gresser October 20, 2010
Global recession struck in late 2008, and high levels of personal and public debt complicated reviving the US economy and consumer spending. Increasing exports is the fastest, most logical alternative for boosting economic growth and reducing unemployment. In January 2010, President Barack Obama set a goal of doubling the nation’s exports in five years – and the nation is on track, selling...

Chilean Rescue Offers Lesson in Globalization

Susan Froetschel October 18, 2010
Global media united in covering the successful rescue of 33 miners, trapped since early August. Chile’s president and major mining companies quickly took charge over a small, near-bankrupt mining company, transforming the rescue into an international competition of sorts. The media reports highlighted unusual international collaboration and exposed the public to grueling work conditions for...