Gender disparity also remains a persistent problem: of the 124 million adults in East Asia without basic literacy and numeracy skills, 71 per cent are women.
Gale and Hynes arrived in South Korea serendipitously, without prior experience in Asia.
Most of those without electricity are in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where power generation is about a tenth of where it is in other poor areas.
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And since this region includes some of the fastest-growing nations, there can be no solution to the challenge of climate change without the cooperation of the Asia Pacific.
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Lady Gaga is touring in Asia leaving the event without a shocking sartorial feat.
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Many foreign companies looking to set up shop in Asia want a base that allows them access to all of Asia's power economies without overreliance on any of them, and Singapore fits the bill.
Founded in 2006 by Radu Georgescu, a serial entrepreneur who sold a previous anti-virus software company to Microsoft (MSFT), Avangate helps 2, 800 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and Asia to sell their software without hiring a big sales force.
Sydney is one of the few places in Asia where a bank can set up without expatriates.
According to Rakuten Malaysia CEO Masaya Ueno , it is the first venture in Southeast Asia region where Rakuten enters the market without any local partner.
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Even without embarking on an eco-trip, said Wild Asia, tourists can travel responsibly by merely exercising common sense.
Without exports to developing countries such as in South America and Asia as well as developed countries in North America and Europe, the economy of China would stagnate.
Its bonds yield around 12%, among Asia's highest, giving it room to cut rates without deterring investors.
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Such dilemmas will continue throughout Asia so long as Japan and other developed countries keep printing money without end.
Without the security of such achievements, 1995 might have been more wrenching for East Asia - as it was for South Asia.
Residential real-estate is in the spotlight in China as the government attempts to revive growth without causing a property bubble, as I report in the current issue of Forbes Asia ( read here).
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Rising demand in Asia for soya, beef and orange juice offers the scope for producing more without causing gluts.
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