尽管一些发展中国家领导人可能会公开谴责全球化不过是剥削的代名词，但世界银行首席经济学家林毅夫却指出，当今世界各国之间的联系是如此紧密，任何国家的发展都无法背离全球化这一主题。事实上，发展中国家要想成为全球化的受益者，就必须以史为鉴，尤其是在如何成功运用比较优势原理方面要充分汲取历史的教训。在这方面，中国、印度和孟加拉国都是值得借鉴的例子。这三个国家以不同的方式——分别发展了轻工业、软件外包业和服装制造业——成功地利用了充足的劳动力去克服资本短缺这一不足。然而，尽管对于一国而言，要成为全球化的受益者，就必须开发利用自身的比较优势，但仅仅做到这一点还不足以达到目的，...
世界经 济刚刚经历了一场严重衰退，与之相随的是金融市场的动荡不安， 财富大规模缩水，以及工业生产和全球贸易的下滑。根据国际劳工组织（简称ILO）的预测，2009年劳动力市场的持续恶化将可能导致全球失业人数比 2007年时增加3900万，达到6100万。到今年年底，全球范围内的失业人数将可能在2.19亿到2.41亿之间，创下历史新高。
与此同 时，尽管种种迹象表明经济可能在复苏，但全球实际工资的增长速率，在2008年大幅减缓后，预计在2009年将会继续下滑。对有相关数据可考的53个国家...
US Congress overturned President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that allows the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. Daniel L. Byman, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, provides historical background on Saudi Arabia’s complicated relationship to terrorism. He describes Saudi Arabia...
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Although South Korea’s legislature just approved the deployment of 3000 troops to Iraq, South Koreans’ anger about US military actions has reached a boiling point, argues Sook-Jong Lee, a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. South Koreans have become increasingly critical of the US since...
Be careful what you wish for: A third of American forces will be leaving South Korea.
WASHINGTON: Last October, South Korea’s liberal civic organizations began to protest more loudly as the South Korean government...
If conflict breaks out in Iraq, a million Filipino workers living in the Middle East may have problems trying to send money back home. Foreign exchange remittances from overseas workers bring almost US$10 billion into the Philippines each year, and the country's economy might be devastated if...
The Middle East hosts 1.3 million Filipino workers and should the US attack Iraq, the Philippines will find itself a major casualty.
Overseas workers pump close to US$10 billion annually into the Philippine...
Food prices may not reflect the full costs to the environment, including pesticides during the growing phase or wastewater after processing. The loss of clean water, fertile soil and other features of nature can exacerbate droughts, food shortages and wildfires. Trucost is using mathematical models...
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China dominates the list of the world’s list of the 500 fastest supercomputers. with 202 in all along with total performance. The United States has 144 supercomputers. The list is released twice a year. “The news … marks a notable shift in the international balance of high-end computing power that...
La plupart des gens considèrent aujourd'hui notre époque comme étant celle de la mondialisation. Pour une majorité d'Américains, l'ère de la mondialisation est synonyme d'énormes profits. Pendant les huit années de ma...
Starting wars is easy, but bringing them to a successful close, ensuring a sustained peace, is not. The war in in Afghanistan is in its 16th year with no end in sight. “The growing presence of the so-called Afghan-Pakistani Daesh franchise – also known as the Islamic State Khorasan Province, or...
No way out: American soldiers went to war in Afghanistan in 2001, and in 2017, chief of US and European forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, left, and US Defense Secretary James Mattis still prepare strategy
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINA: Donald...
