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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.
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.
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.