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WEF report: East Asia enters the era of hyper connectivity
Published on 31/05/2013
» World Economic Forum information and communications technology expert Danil Kerimi explains how truly understanding and harnessing digital globalisation can help all Asean nations to compete in the global marketplace.
WEF Blog: East Asia steers a course through future risks
Published on 01/06/2012
» From floods to bombs to financial crises, participants at the World Economic Forum on East Asia engaged in a lively debate on how the region can improve its resilience to a varied set of risks. Supporting economic growth, participants agreed, was a key part of risk management:
WEF Blog: Thailand is the kitchen of the world
Published on 01/06/2012
» The importance of food and agriculture to Thailand is undisputable. About 40% of the population depends on agriculture for their livelihood and it contributes to about 10% of GDP. The country is the world’s leading rice exporter and has successfully positioned itself as the “Kitchen of the World,” with the annual value of food exports expected to exceed 1 trillion baht in 2012.
Pentagon chief skips Thailand
Published on 30/05/2012
» WASHINGTON : Defence Secretary Leon Panetta leaves Wednesday on his first visit to Asia since the Pentagon said in January it would "rebalance" military strategy toward a region President Barack Obama has called critical to US interests.
WEF Blog: Using mobile technologies to tackle illicit trade in East Asia
Published on 30/05/2012
» The Forum published its annual Global Enabling Trade Report last week. Once again, two East Asian economies, Singapore and Hong Kong, topped the rankings of the Enabling Trade Index, while other East Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, continued to progress through the ranks.
Leaders told, basics before specifics
Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 30/05/2012
» Political leaders would do best to focus on addressing the fundamental factors of competitiveness rather than seek to target specific sectors for growth, according to World Economic Forum managing director Borge Brende.
WEF targets education, bureaucracy, graft
Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 30/05/2012
» Education, bureaucracy and corruption were highlighted as among the greatest challenges constraining Thailand's economic competitiveness by speakers at the World Economic Forum in East Asia on Wednesday morning.
Watch World Economic Forum live
Published on 30/05/2012
» Watch live coverage of the World Economic Forum on East Asia via LiveStream, here.
WEF Blog: East Asia 2012: joining the conversation
Published on 29/05/2012
» The 2012 World Economic Forum on East Asia is still one day away, but the discussions on the region have already begun. Kittiratt Na Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Thailand, and Sushant Palakurthi Rao, Senior Director, Head of Asia of the World Economic Forum, briefed international media at the Thai Government House last night, prior to the start of the 21st meeting of its kind.
Thein Sein delays Thailand visit
Published on 28/05/2012
» Myanmar president Thein Sein has postponed his trip to Thailand until a few days after the World Economic Forum East Asia in Bangkok, the WEF's senior director and Head of Asia Suchant Palakurthi Rao said on Monday.