Malaysia is no stranger to external shocks affecting its macroeconomy. Over the past two decades it has been buffeted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), the 2001 global slowdown after 9/11, and the 2008 […]
Paddy is our life, but many people don’t want us to grow paddy anymore”, laments Pham Van Tuan, a rice farmer in Can Tho province of Vietnam. “Big people from Ho Chi Minh City say […]
There is no time when speed matters more than during a pandemic and the global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is showing just how true these words are. First detected in China last December, more than six million people […]
In rural Indonesia rice accounts for almost one-quarter of the total expenditures of the poor. However, food prices have been on a rollercoaster ride because of unreliable production data, which for decades relied mainly on […]
People and vehicles stranded in floodwaters, inundated business premises, interrupted connectivity, and access to other services cut off. Does this need to be the new normal in the era of climate change in Indonesia’s growing […]
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data offers untapped opportunities for Thailand. In particular it has enormous potential to contribute to ‘Thailand 4.0’, a new value-based economic model driven by innovation, technology and […]
Imagine that you live near one of the 127 active volcanoes in Indonesia, threatened by the next eruption that could endanger your family. Imagine that your house stands in one of the most seismically-active zones in […]
Salmiah thought she had learned all that she needed to know about raising a healthy child from being a community health worker in Batukliang, Central Lombok, since 2000. But, the mother of three was devastated […]
Over the past several decades a strong economy has seen Malaysia rise to become one of Asia’s newly industrialised countries. In one generation it transitioned successfully from low- to upper-middle-income status, due in large part […]
Myanmar’s unusually fertile soils and abundant water source are legendary in Southeast Asia. It is even said that Myanmar has the most favorable agricultural conditions in all of Asia. Almost anything can be grown in […]
In June approximately 1.5 million children across the Philippines walked through school gates for the first time to attend senior high school under the new Philippines K-12 programme. The Philippines Department of Education (DepEd Philippines) […]
The changes underway in Myanmar can be felt almost everywhere: in Nay Pyi Taw portraits of Bogyoke Aung San grace the walls of parliament; in Yangon traffic is choking roads while construction cranes dominate the […]