In the next decade, Asia is projected to account for more than half of the global increase in the population over 65 years old. This trend is further bolstered by a growing health consciousness among Asian societies and communities. As a result, the healthcare sector in the region is ...
In the absence of sufficient innovation and population growth, both neo-classical and Marxist growth models predict that a growing economy eventually will generate so much productive capacity that returns to capital will plummet and those employed in capital goods industries will have to be redeployed...
Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that
It may be a bit perplexing as to why billions of dollars are being spent on intra-regional transmission system in India and only a small fraction of it to promote cross-border trading that has the potential to unlock a huge generation investment opportunity. If we were to in fact apply ...
813.6 237.7 107.2 FY2013/14 Billions of yen 1,557.1 361.6 213.6 Total assets Shareholders' equity*2 32,230.4 2,126.9 36,693.0 2,082.8 35,697.3 2,107.2 37,942.4 2,294.4 43,520.3 2,513.7 Short-term unsecured debt Long-term unsecured debt Total risk-weighted assets*3 2,153.5 6,024.6 11...
Livability and workabilityFood systemsPhysical assets/infrastructureNatural capital Share of population that lives in areas with nonzero annual probability of lethal heat waves2Annual share of effective outdoor working hours affected by extreme heat and humidity in climate-exposed regionsWater Stress3Annual...
a ceiling of one in ten adults living with the condition. To do this, ambitious action is needed on the single biggest modifiable risk factor for diabetes: obesity.2Obesity must be reduced by 25% globally by 2045, from today's level of 14% of the population in order to bend the curve...
By 2012, the Chinese market had soared to an estimated $190 billion–$210 billion (RMB 1.2 trillion–1.3 trillion) in revenue.2 It is exceedingly rare for a market measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve a year- over-ye...