on the borders. with exclusive. must see our culture to. do it yourself networkers. subscribers. this is the news asia coming up on the program india is in election mode the country is undergoing massive economic transformation so what kind of leader do indians want at the helm we talk to the former governor of india's central bank rug room rajon about the country's future growth always has the possibility of going more towards the order. and following taiwanese view to embark on at their journey just one counter to china's diplomatic might. be to go

to a rather boot camp in cambodia bring this road in to do training to save human lives . i'm melissa chant welcome to d.w. news asia it's great to have you with us in just a few weeks the biggest exercise in democracy in the world will begin in india about nine hundred million indians are eligible to vote in elections that take place over several weeks now one of the top issues is the economy unemployment is up growth is slowing down today we speak to one man who knows the indian economy better than most professor rugger on rajon from two thousand and thirteen to two thousand and sixteen he was governor of india's central bank in his new book the third pillar how markets and the state leave the community behind russian warns

about the crisis of global inequality and the anger it is feeling let's hear the author explain. so the three pillars are really the pillars that hold up society one hand there's the political will and there is the konami. and then there is the societal solution logical communities people democracy and together these pillars essentially me car society what it is. what happens when one or two pillars get overly strong is that it creates an imbalance and that imbalance has to be rectified either by strengthening some of the pillow by weakening the existing pillars and drag around rajon joins me now from chicago to discuss this and more professor rajan so you talk about the three pillars and suggest the third pillar of civil society of communities has been weekend what's

your top remedy for that well i think we need to push far back to the community over time as markets have strengthened our government has all sorts expanded but it's part of power away from the community to the national level and from the national level to the international level so as to govern international markets i think what we see with the weakening community is partly the community itself needs to be strengthened through direct measures but also more empowerment of the community will give a greater sense of engagement and allow people to work towards the better health of the community that means pushing power from the international to the national national to regional regional to the community level professor rajan i want to talk about india what are the lessons in the book for india well in here is a flourishing democracy that steward strength it has the preconditions for becoming

a liberal market society it has two problems one it has is relatively weak government in the sense of. capabilities india needs to do far more in becoming a middle income countries such as building up the infrastructure and that requires a stronger government it also has a relatively weak private sector which is often dependent on the government for favors so india always has the possibility of turning more authoritarian coming to the elections i think the elections that feeds india really about making choices in these directions do we want a stronger economy a more liberal economy which can also in some ways make india much more of a flourishing democracy or do we want to more authoritarian structure and how do you think it will play out in the ballot us just looking at the conversation nationally going on there over the last few months well i think. the conversation

was about the economics of indian growth the lack of jobs for example was a big issue of a few weeks back since then there's been a cross border skirmish with pakistan and issues of national security have also come on the plate and my sense is as we go into the elections all these issues jobs national security but also how much respect government has for the various institutions we have such as the reserve bank the central bureau of investigation all these issues will be debated and the attitude of the government in bar as well as the attitude of the opposition will become big factors in how the voting goes. well once the election is over and once. the new politicians are in power what do they really need to do what do you think they need to do and that they can do well

i think india like many other countries including the countries of the industrial west need to really think about the distribution of bar within the country in the west we see a great dissatisfaction with bar having migrated outside the country into the international arena but even within country as for example in the u.k. there's a lot of concern in the north of england that too much power is there in london i think germany is different because right from world war two there's been more decentralization but you hear of some some momos even in germany i think you have a similar issue in india that there is a sense that the states want more freedom from the center more freedom to determine policy and within the states the look at these the municipalities the villages they want to in a sense more autonomy but also more funding they want more of the tax from the revenues to devolve down to them so that people have more of a sense of participation in democracy to my mind this is the biggest issue facing

the world going forward how much do we allow people a sense that they have command over their futures in the fields of tremendous technological change that they have to essentially adapt to professor john in chicago thank you for your time just seventeen nations recognized taiwan over mainland china most of those countries as you can see from the flags here belong to small countries in far flung corners of the globe a stark picture of taiwan's increasing isolation as china exercises its diplomatic clout but one man has made it his quest to woo taiwan's remaining friends around the world it's a diplomatic mission that requires an adventurous spirit. ritual healing in s. what teeny. secrets stole shrines and bottling storms in the solomon islands it is a diplomatic mission made for social media. highwinds

you tube sensation ben wu is in search of friends both for himself and for his increasingly isolated country the answer and adventure to their last remaining allies yet to be cowed by chinese power. on those most taiwanese only know about our allies when diplomatic relations are terminated and i don't think this is good but the younger population and also for a country. it's a journey taking his brand of youthful exuberance to the south pacific far flung places where taiwan still maintains diplomatic ties the hope is to strengthen those links and project taiwan on to the world armed with a selfish stick and a camera for some an expensive video diary band calls it people diplomacy with. these diplomatic allies are very important to us we need the help from these

countries if we want to have a voice in international organizations there for the younger generation needs to know our allies. coming at holding the voyage to can the tiny african nation of s. what's traditional law and cloth and tribal dances a chance to confront mutual misconceptions. how. many foreigners will say you are chinese i feel i am a taiwanese. it is a bit ideological. with china flexing its muscles the list of allies may yet get shorter before his adventure is complete until the end the selfie a generation's i answer to the hunch. almost two decades since the end of civil conflict under the canary rouge in

cambodia the country is still littered with an estimated two million landmines according to the u.n. the work of clearing them is expensive exhaustive and can be deadly now a nonprofit group is recruiting rats to stiff out the unexploded bombs it's a rat race like no other they may look like vermin but these rodents are lifesavers. the giant power traps are searching for land mines in cambodia. millions are still buried across the country the legacy of decades of war. the rats have a powerful sense of smell and they have an ability to learn. here at rat boot camp where they are trained to detect explosives. rats can sense the slightest whiff of t.n.t. . and when they do they're given

a treat. but it takes around one year before the rodents are ready. but he's good with the right. to smell. so they go straight to the target. so that's. faster and cheaper. easy to. carry. the rats go to work clearing this area of land mines ten of them at a time sniff out the explosives every half hour different rats take over so their concentration doesn't slip for humans one wrong step could mean death the rats though are safe. then you need to be more than.

just down the road the rights of free this village of landmines but that's after four decades in which the mines killed more than sixty thousand people in the country thousands more were disfigured farmer was one of them. our village lived in fear for many years wondering who might be next. five sons and worried constantly. now that the mines are gone we feel great relief. and the rats are fast this area would have taken people for days to clear with great danger but the rats did it in under an hour. that story and more on our website that's t w dot com ford slash asia and you can check us out on facebook as well and twitter and instagram will be even now with pictures of an ice chest in the foothills of the himalayas in lake india open until it melts we'll see you next

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