The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China’s urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, it is expected to …

Industrial clusters in Silicon Valley, Hsinchu Park, and northern Italy, and in the vicinity of Cambridge, U.K., have captured the imagination of policymakers, researchers, city planners and business …

Since 1978, the World Bank’s annual ‚World Development Report‘ (WDR) has provided in-depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development from agr …

In recent years, growth rates in the so-called ‚Tiger economies‘ of Southeast Asia have been above the average not only for developing countries but for the world as a whole. Yet they fall short of t …

Beijing and Shanghai comprise the axes of China’s two leading urban regions. Their economic fortunes will affect the overall growth of China. The economic composition of the two megacities differs si …

With the competitiveness of firms in an open and integrated world environment increasingly reliant on technological capability, universities are being asked to take on a growing role in stimulating e …

A great burst of globalization brought the 20th century to a close, creating upheaval in the world economy from roughly 1995 to 2008. And now a second upheaveal is in the offing following the severe …