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Janet Pau is program director of the Asia Business Council, where she leads research, publications, and member initiatives on a variety of topics related to Asia?s economic development and competitiveness. Before joining the Council, Ms. Pau was Manager at A.T. Kearney?s Global Business Policy Council in Washington, D.C., where she did strategy consulting projects for corporate and government clients around the world and co-authored a variety of the firm's flagship publications. She obtained a BA from Yale University and an MPP from Harvard University.
Foreword | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Asia's People | p. 9 |
Education | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Education Access | p. 14 |
Education Quality | p. 99 |
Future Career | p. 26 |
Conclusion | p. 39 |
Inequality | p. 35 |
Introduction | p. 35 |
Human Development | p. 38 |
Poverty Alleviation | p. 45 |
Conclusion | p. 47 |
Demographics | p. 49 |
Introduction | p. 49 |
Population Growth | p. 51 |
Aging | p. 57 |
Conclusion | p. 62 |
Asia's Community | p. 65 |
Environment | p. 67 |
Introduction | p. 67 |
Natural Disasters | p. 70 |
Water | p. 74 |
Food | p. 77 |
Energy | p. 79 |
Conclusion | p. 83 |
Governance | p. 87 |
Introduction | p. 87 |
Representation | p. 90 |
Private Sector | p. 96 |
Conclusion | p. 102 |
Geopolitics | p. 105 |
Introduction | p. 105 |
Chinese Dominance | p. 106 |
Regional Conflict | p. 109 |
Decoupling from the West | p. 112 |
Conclusion | p. 114 |
Asian Identity | p. 117 |
Introduction | p. 117 |
Regional Integration | p. 119 |
Economic Growth and Asian Values | p. 130 |
Preservation of Local Differences | p. 134 |
Conclusion | p. 137 |
Afterword | p. 141 |
Appendix: "Winning Essays | p. 143 |
Notes | p. 179 |
About the Authors | p. 187 |
List of Contributors | p. 189 |
Index | p. 191 |
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