Since 2014, South Asia has been the fastest growing subregion in the world, with its eight economies collectively boasting average annual growth of 7.0%. This is higher even than East Asia (6.2%), whi…
Economy
Growing Myanmar’s gig economy
Across Asia, contract and freelance positions in firms from start-ups to large conglomerates are becoming more commonplace. While still novel in Myanmar, the so-called “gig” economy is expanding as co…
South Korea looks to Asean for help in its ‘trade war’ with Japan
South Korea is planning to appeal for help from its regional partners in its latest bid to convince Japan to roll back export restrictions amid an escalating trade dispute between the two countries. A…
Malaysia benefits from US-China trade war, foreign direct investment spike by 73.4 per cent in first quarter
Malaysia benefits from US-China trade war as the foreign direct investment to Malaysia has soared by 73.4 per cent in first quarter of the year. The foreign direct investment (FDI) to Malaysia in firs…
Myanmar invites foreign investment in microfinance
In response to growing investors’ interest in Myanmar’s finance sector amid on-going market liberalisation, key players in the microfinance industry gathered on Tuesday at an event in Yangon, the nati…
The future of transport infrastructure in Bangladesh
The ongoing infrastructure projects will definitely improve our transportation system. We need to assess this development from a historical perspective. At the time of Partition, the transport infrast…
Multi-modal economic corridor
THE topic of whether creating a ‘multi-modal corridor’ is feasible or not has been debated time and time again since the late 1990s on various different political platforms and within expert circles, …
Malaysia can tap sukuk investors in UK with right policies
THE UK wants to deepen its trade ties with Malaysia, particularly in the Islamic capital market, and in return, Malaysia can tap into a bigger pool of international investors when it uses London as a …
Myanmar: More Indian investments expected with better connectivity, bilateral ties
With a target of becoming a US$5 trillion economy within the next six years, India could overtake the UK to become the world’s fifth biggest economy this year and even surpass Japan to be the third la…
Time for Asean to focus on integration
As storm clouds hang over the global economy, Asean is perceived as one of the fastest growing and more stable economic regions. This presents an opportunity to strengthen relationships with other par…