To function properly a financial system needs to have two doors: an ‘entry’ and an ‘exit’. The first one enables qualified local or foreign institutions to enter the marketplace to provide innovative products and services […]
Malaysia has been able to reach remarkable achievements over the past several decades, including the eradication of extreme poverty and promotion of inclusive growth. It aims to reach high-income nation status by 2020, something which […]
What cannot be measured, cannot be managed – so the saying goes. This motto for management also applies, and is even more critical, to a country’s finances. Eager to strengthen its public sector infrastructure, in […]
Every year food vendor Suwadi dreads the rainy season – and the ensuing Jakarta floods. “During the last big floods in 2015, I couldn’t work for more than a week,” said Suwadi, who pushes his […]
A few years ago, lecturer Novistiar Rustandi wondered how he could help more Indonesians earn university degrees so that they can get better jobs. He knew that a degree is now compulsory to get a […]
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is a major global rice producer and exporter, but its population suffers from serious levels of poverty and malnutrition. Spanning six countries – China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and […]
Fifteen years of sustained economic growth in Indonesia have helped to reduce poverty and create a growing middle class. However, growth over the past decade has primarily benefited the richest 20 per cent and left […]
Vietnam’s economic growth has continued to strengthen with gross domestic product (GDP) for H1 2015 estimated to expand 6.28 per cent during for the first six months of 2015, according to the World Bank’s latest […]