• BUSINESS

  Myanmar's energy system

  Published on 05/06/2013

  » Myanmar's energy sector is a major asset as the country moves towards industrialisation and economic liberalisation. The World Economic Forum's New Energy Architecture Initiative recently completed a six-month, multi-stakeholder study into Myanmar's energy infrastructure and the challenges faced by the countries ahead.

• BUSINESS

  Potential for Myanmar growth

  Published on 05/06/2013

  » Myanmar's economic, social and political liberalisation has created enormous growth opportunities for the country. But it will take some time yet before the country can be considered competitive relative to its neighbours in the rapidly-growing Asean region.

• BUSINESS

  Bringing quality health care at affordable rates

  Published on 05/06/2013

  » Creating sustainability in health care spending in East Asia will require innovations in delivering the service and the development of healthy cities and environments.

• BUSINESS

  Thein Sein pulls pin on visit to Thailand

  Published on 28/05/2012

  » YANGON: Myanmar President Thein Sein has cancelled a trip to Thailand for an international economic forum that also invited opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said Sunday.

• BUSINESS

  Asia is crucial to ending poverty

  News, Published on 28/05/2012

  » Amid the economic distress emanating from the United States and Europe, no statistic better captures the broader dynamics of the world economy than the recent World Bank announcement that the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to cut extreme poverty by half was met globally in 2010. This was fully five years before the 2015 deadline.

• BUSINESS

  World Economic Forum kicking off

  Business, Published on 28/05/2012

  » Hundreds of the world's business leaders and policymakers will arrive in Thailand this week to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012.

• BUSINESS

  Asia rising, but no time for complacency

  Business, Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 29/05/2012

  » More than 630 of the world's top business, social and political leaders will be in Bangkok this week to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia, debating the challenges and opportunities facing the region today and in the near future. The Bangkok Post spoke with the WEF's Sushant Palakurthi Rao about the event's goals.

• BUSINESS

  Govt says WEF not threatened by protests

  News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/05/2012

  » The government is confident that this week's World Economic Forum on East Asia will proceed smoothly despite the spectre of mass street protests tomorrow.

• BUSINESS

  No worries over Thein Sein no-show

  News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/05/2012

  » President Thein Sein's no-show at the World Economic Forum in Bangkok this week is unlikely to undermine the friendly relations forged between his government and the Yingluck Shinawatra administration.

• BUSINESS

  Productivity must rise with wages

  News, Published on 30/05/2012

  » Improving labour productivity to catch up with the recent rise in minimum wages will be critical for Thailand to maintain its competitiveness, according to an economist with the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.

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