Rapid adoption of digital technologies can help the Philippines overcome the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, recover from the crisis, and achieve its vision of becoming a middle-class society free of…
Asean Today – Sept 2020
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World Bank : Labor Mobility as a Jobs Strategy for Myanmar
Jobs are a key ingredient of Myanmar’s development. Significant economic reforms in Myanmar have facilitated an economic transformation that has led to job growth that averaged 13 percent annual…
Developing sustainable tourism
It is not for long that someone’s curriculum vitae (CV) or bio-data has started including travel as a hobby. No one in our country would have thought that travel or tourism could be one’s …
Rubber rising on glove and tyre demand
Thailand is likely to see higher shipments of rubber, increasing 3.19% this year, because of rising demand for rubber gloves and auto tyres, as well as the government’s proactive approach to pro…
A $3 Trillion Global Infrastructure Market, Or A $21 Trillion Market?
The emerging multipolar world offers a large and attractive infrastructure opportunity, financing, building and operating critical public works around the world in a $3 trillion annual marketplace. Th…
How a Chinese company took control of an entire nation’s electrical grid
It’s hardly surprising that Laos is under China’s sway. The former is a mountainous nation of 7 million people, mostly farmers, with an economy smaller than that of Mobile, Alabama. It sits next to a …
Software engineers establish farm to earn profit and foster food security
Philippine agriculture has had its highs and lows over the years. Some examples of its low points include oversupply in farmers’ crops, and land grabbing. Meanwhile, it has also seen some success thro…
‘Tourism Revival’ campaign officially launched
The ‘Tourism Revival’ campaign has been officially launched to accelerate the country’s coronavirus-hit tourism industry. Amid a function held in Kathmandu on Saturday, Minister for Culture, Tourism a…
Oil edges lower as rising virus cases cloud demand recovery outlook
Oil prices dipped again on Monday as rising coronavirus cases upset hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, with crude on track for its first monthly fall in many months after slipping last week. …