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Singapore's next PM to contend with rising prices, aging population
Published on 14/05/2024
» SINGAPORE: Skyrocketing prices and an aging population are among the challenges facing Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, who will become the country's new premier on Wednesday.
Will India be a new economic superpower?
Oped, Published on 11/08/2023
» In March 1985, the Wall Street Journal showered India's new prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, with its highest praise. In an editorial titled "Rajiv Reagan", the newspaper compared the 40-year-old Gandhi to "another famous tax cutter we know", and declared that deregulation and tax cuts had triggered a "minor revolution" in India.
Frontier markets fret
Asia focus, Published on 20/06/2022
» 2022 has been another challenging year for Asian frontier markets against the backdrop of a recovery from the protracted coronavirus pandemic. The challenges have been magnified by the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and high commodity prices that are exacerbating inflationary pressures, even as global demand for manufactured goods remains weak.
The way forward for investors
Business, Published on 03/03/2021
» The year 2020 was one that many wish to forget -- a year that saw economies, businesses, communities and individuals affected by a global pandemic. Countries went into lockdown and we had to adapt to very different ways of living and working.
Science has delivered, will the WTO?
News, Published on 14/01/2021
» A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents, and other Intellectual Property (IP) rights under the organisation's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, known as Trips, for a limited period of time. It is to ensure that IPRs do not restrict the rapid scaling-up of manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments. While a few members have raised concerns about the proposal, a large proportion of WTO members support the proposal. It has also received the backing of various international organisations, multilateral agencies and global civil society.
Markets rise as deaths slow in hotspots: Virus update
Published on 06/04/2020
» Germany and Spain reported lower numbers of new cases, a tentative sign that lockdown measures are easing the outbreak.
Headwinds ahead
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 29/04/2019
» Amid unfavourable external economic conditions and political uncertainties at home, the outlook is dimming for Thailand and other Asian countries facing an export slowdown linked to weak trade and demand growth globally.
Global turmoil and Thailand's political reset
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 21/12/2018
» As the world moves into 2019, there is a consensus that the roughly seven-decade-old rules-based liberal international order no longer works. Either it has to be fundamentally revamped to suit new realities and the international distribution of power and wealth, or it will be increasingly violated and marginalised. In a remarkable parallel, Thailand's hitherto political order that lasted about seven decades also requires adjustment and recalibration.
Investing in change
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 26/02/2018
» In a fast-changing world where demographic shifts and technology-led disruption have left millions fearful about their futures, governments alone can no longer be counted on to ride to the rescue. Businesses can and should be doing more to help create a sustainable future.