IMF Slashes 2016-17 Myanmar GDP to 6.5%

IMF Slashes 2016-17 Myanmar GDP to 6.5%

Just five months after the World Bank’s Myanmar Economic Monitor (MEM) projected  2016-17 Myanmar GDP to rise to 7.8 per cent and average 8.2 per cent per year over the medium-term, a report by the […]

Vietnam’s Stellar Economic Growth Stumbles

Vietnam’s Stellar Economic Growth Stumbles

Last year’s extreme drought and contractions in the mining sector have combined to strip Vietnam of its stellar economic growth for 2016, while what effect the death two weeks ago of King Bhumibol Adulyadej will […]

2015 Philippines GDP Promises Strong 2016 Growth

2015 Philippines GDP Promises Strong 2016 Growth

Slightly more than 30 years have now passed since Corazon Aquino, a steely housewife-turned-political-icon sporting yellow dress and matching spectacles, assumed the presidency of the Philippines after Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were ousted […]

Can Jokowi Move Indonesia Beyond Protectionism?

Can Jokowi Move Indonesia Beyond Protectionism?

Put in a comparative historical perspective Indonesia’s economic growth performance has been relatively strong. Yet the recent slowdown in growth is a cause for concern. According to official figures the Indonesian economy grew by only  […]