From toll roads and data centers to geothermal energy, healthcare and battery materials, INA is putting long-term capital behind Indonesia’s future. Indonesia has made significant economic progress, b…
Colombia, the world’s fourth-largest palm oil producer, has emerged as a possible import source as India looks to diversify supplies amid higher biodiesel blending in Asia
With both Indonesia and Malaysia moving towards higher biodiesel blending that could divert more palm oil towards fuel than food, India, which is one of the world’s largest consumers of edible oils, h…
Agrivoltaics: An integrated renewable energy solution for Bangladesh’s growing energy needs
As Bangladesh faces rising electricity demand and mounting pressure on agricultural land, agrivoltaics offers a potential way to generate solar power while continuing to grow food. A pilot project in …
Asean energy transition hinges on where capital can find returns
Capital is no longer the biggest constraint on Asean’s energy transition. The harder question is where that capital can find viable projects, predictable returns and the policy certainty needed …
Funding Southeast Asia’s renewable investment through import savings
Key Findings Southeast Asia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels poses significant macroeconomic and energy security risks. Fossil fuels met over 70% of incremental energy demand between 2015 and 2024,…
Sustainability, AI, and the new era of corporate reporting
As universities across the nation prepare to celebrate the success of our new accounting graduates this year, a familiar but pressing question lingers in the minds of many soon-to-be graduates: where …
World Bank Approves $110 Million for Climate-Resilient Roads in Sri Lanka
The World Bank today approved $110 million to help Sri Lanka repair and reconstruct 600 kilometers of roads that were severely damaged by Cyclone Ditwah. The new financing, provided through the Intern…
Managing the Crisis Is Not Enough—Sri Lanka Must Build an Ocean Economy
Panduka Keerthinanda, writing under the title Can Sri Lanka Navigate Its Way Out of Crisis?, correctly identifies several immediate priorities: renewable energy, targeted assistance, digitalisation, t…
Cambodia pushes supply chains, processing and logistics
The government is intensifying efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains, diversify export markets, boost local processing and improve transport infrastructure as Cambodian products reach 177 count…
Malaysia’s next phase of growth: From regional data centre hub to a sustainable Regional AI Compute and Data Centre Hub
Malaysia’s emergence as one of the region’s leading destinations for data centres is an important success story for our digital economy. Over the past several years, the country has attracted major hy…