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Overcoming the economic hurdles in the race to vaccinate Asia
The incentives for Asian governments are clear: vaccinate as many people as you can as fast as you can. Lives will be saved, healthcare systems will be spared, economies will recover faster. The benef…
Digital Evolution Accelerates Amid Hard Times
When I started this column two years ago, I focused on the two Pacific Coasts: the “east coast” of U.S. tech firms and venture capital centered primarily in Silicon Valley and Seattle; and the “west c…
High-tech farming needs investment and proper policies
Vietnam’s agriculture sector is aiming to be among the 15 most developed countries in the world, in which the agricultural processing sector ranks among the top 10 countries by 2030. To realise the go…
Nepal needs strategy, robust trade deals to graduate from poor club
After being labelled a least developed country, an euphemism for being one of the poorest countries in the world, for 50 years, Nepal may by 2026 climb a notch and be officially recognised as a develo…
Becoming A Developing Nation: Bangladesh reaches A Milestone
Bangladesh has stepped into a new journey as it qualified to graduate into a developing nation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) after 45 years. The United Nations Committee for Development Policy …
Swiss to Provide $71.8m Grant for Indonesia’s Economic Development
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, or SECO, will provide grants of 65 million Swiss francs, or about $71.8 million, for the next four years to assist Indonesia’s economic development. O…
Switzerland commits $65 million in development aid to Indonesia
The amount set aside is for the 2021-2024 period and will focus on promoting “inclusive and sustainable development”, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) announced on Thursday. The new r…
Commodity Market Report – 22 Feb 2021
Gold prices dipped last week as the Dollar Index visited 91.00 level. This week, we project the trend will thread sideways from USD1760 – USD1800 /oz while awaiting the leading sign from the Dollar mo…
Weekly Rubber Report – 22 Feb 2021
Market Fundamentals: Last week, Rubber prices climbed in Asia due to the lift in Crude demand. Market investors are widely expecting the U.S. stimulus to be rolled out in March and stimulates commodit…