Japan’s government pledged financial and technological support to help ASEAN countries accelerate their efforts to decarbonise their economies and combat global climate change, its industry minister s…
AWS expands SEA footprint with a cloud region and US$6 billion investment in Malaysia
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com, Inc., will launch a new cloud region in Malaysia, expanding its footprint in the Southeast Asian region. The cloud giant is also commi…
Bangladesh reassesses its Belt and Road Initiative strategy with China as the US offers a new alternative
Bangladesh ranked 54 in the China Index. Screenshot from the China Index 2022 website. Fair use. In 2015, Bangladesh became part of the Chinese global infrastructure development strategy known as the …
Lessons for Bangladesh’s economy
In recent times, the global economy has endured far-reaching macroeconomic shocks ranging from pandemic-induced disruptions, severe climatic events, and geopolitical tensions to an active war with a c…
ASEAN’s Agricultural Climate Resilience: Is Strengthening Domestic Production Enough?
To achieve global food security, there is a need not only to increase domestic production, but also to adapt to the climatic impacts on agriculture. This is particularly pertinent in Southeast Asia. I…
RCEP: Boon or Bane for Marcos’s Government?
After almost two years of shillyshallying, the Philippines is joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as the last of the present 14-member Asia-Pacific free trade grouping. The …
Revitalizing rivers of life in Asean
Many of the largest cities in the world were built beside rivers. This is also the case in Southeast Asia, a region that is rich in biological diversity. Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City prospered because o…
India set to become 3rd largest economy in 5 years; says Goyal; hails PM Modi’s 2019 snub to RCEP
India would become the third largest economy in the world in the next five years and by 2047 could be at the level the United States of America is at present, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Satur…
Adani Green Energy to set up wind power project in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that it has approved $442 million wind power project by Adani group’s Adani Green Energy. This the first major foreign investment by cash strapped country. Sri La…
Mapping local plastic recycling supply chains: Insights from selected cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam
In partnership with Anthesis Group, the Circulate Initiative conducted a detailed assessment of wastesheds in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. SEI Asia contributed to the Thailand report. Thou…