The German government will provide an additional $2.2 million to bolster cross-border water cooperation and environmental monitoring in the Mekong River Basin. A signing ceremony for the funding was h…
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Indonesia urged to follow ‘game-changer’ Malaysia on palm oil maps
Environmentalists on Friday urged Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil grower, to follow the lead of rival producer Malaysia by allowing plantation and land maps to be made public to help fight defores…
Myanmar: Agriculture as an economic driver
It’s common to see roads in Shan State full of trucks loaded with vegetables. The state produces 60 percent of all vegetables consumed within the country. Some of the crops are even exported to neighb…
East Asia hopes to learn from China’s poverty alleviation strategy
In December 2016, China launched the pilot project of East Asia Poverty Reduction Cooperation (EAPRC). It’s a key element of China-led cooperation initiative on poverty reduction in East Asia. C…
ADB maintains robust growth outlook for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is expected to grow robustly in 2019 and 2020 riding on domestic consumption and strong remittance earnings, said the Asian Development Bank yesterday as it kept the growth outlook for the …
ADB maintains robust growth outlook for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is expected to grow robustly in 2019 and 2020 riding on domestic consumption and strong remittance earnings, said the Asian Development Bank yesterday as it kept the growth outlook for the …
Demand for palm-oil to stay healthy, Malaysian inventory to trend downward
Demand for palm-oil has been projected by Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd (AffinHwang Capital) to stay healthy while Malaysian palm-oil inventory is set to trend downward. AffinHwang Capital recapped …
Commodity Market Report – 2 Dec 2019
Gold prices have been trading in narrow sideways trend and exhibited a recovery on Friday. This week, the trend might move into a recovery while Dollar weakens. Yellow metal is prone to climb higher b…
Weekly RUBBER Report – 2 Dec 2019
Market Fundamentals: The Dollar Index (USDX) behaved firm last week but topped off 98.50 level on Friday. Rubber prices have been submerging last week but prone to recover in coming week. The meeting …
Ayala to invest $1 B for energy projects
The energy investment platform of the Ayala Group will be investing $1 billion next year across five power markets that will include the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, India and Myanmar. The capital…