We Have Your Number Trade, technology and other facets of globalization have delivered wealth to India. But distribution of benefits is uneven in the nation of more than 1.1 billion, on track to exceed China as the most populous. The World Bank estimates that more than 35 percent of Indians live below the poverty line, and despite rapid job growth, the informal nature of most work excludes large numbers of poor from employment security, health care and economic opportunity. The poor lack the identity necessary to obtain credit or records and thus struggle to secure housing, bank accounts, education and even cell phones.... More News... China and the EU: Building a Reciprocal Relationship Doug Saunders The Globe and Mail, 21 January 2011 With the eurozone crisis, China becomes Europe’s lead rescuer Chinese Follow Same Old Script (And They Get the Punch Line) Steven Pearlstein The Washington Post, 20 January 2011 US-China trade relations are stuck in a rut, failing to move past old complaints A New Rice Revolution on the Way? John Berthelsen The Asia Sentinel, 19 January 2011 Chinese-Filipino research could hike rice yields, challenging genetic-modification methods |
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