http://www.thomaswhite.com/ Thomas White International Copyright (C) Thomas White International. All rights reserved. Thomas White RSS Generator en-us Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/explore-the-world/global-players/francois-hollande.aspx Never without a joke to share with the world, the 57-year-old new President of France, Francois Hollande, needs all the cunning and humor he can muster to tackle the grim challenges he faces as leader of a country that not only has to weather the Euro-zone crisis but also tackle weak growth and high unemployment. Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/explore-the-world/Postcard/2012/germany-savior-southern-europe.aspx While much of southern Europe is reeling under soaring unemployment rates, Germany, the bulwark of the European Union, has rescued these troubled economies by providing jobs to those educated workers who are willing to migrate. The exodus in the search of jobs actually works to the advantage of countries such as Spain, which are reducing entitlement payments and other welfare measures to tide over the recessionary conditions. Fri, 11 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/explore-the-world/emerging-leaders/kim-choong-soo.aspx Kim Choong-soo, the governor of South Korea’s central bank, has been given new responsibilities. In addition to his earlier mandate, Choong-soo is expected to ensure financial stability as well as regulate systemic risk in the country, where household and corporate debt has ballooned in recent years. Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/global-perspective/index.aspx Concerns over the European fiscal crisis persisted during April as political opposition to the ongoing austerity measures appeared to be growing in several countries in the region. Francois Hollande, who opposes cuts in public spending, is currently leading in the French presidential elections, while the Dutch government had to resign after failing to build a consensus over its fiscal reform plans. Mon, 7 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/explore-the-world/Postcard/2012/india-uid-aadhaar.aspx India’s Unique Identification number project (UID) will seek to create a database of each Indian resident in order to deliver government subsidies and other services efficiently. Under the massive program, thousands of small make-shift offices replete with laptops, finger-print and iris scanners will be set up to record a biometric profile of the country’s residents. Fri, 04 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thomaswhite.com/explore-the-world/global-players/elio-di-rupo.aspx Unlike its bigger European counterparts such as Italy, which chose technocrats over previously-elected governments to tide over the sovereign debt crisis, Belgium turned around to embrace democracy again after a gap of about 18 months. Likewise, the new incumbent Elio Di Rupo is in many ways an unusual and surprising choice to lead the nation at a critical juncture in its history. Mon, 30 April 2012 05:00:00 GMT