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WEF Blog: Thailand braces for a data storm
Published on 28/05/2012
» Ahead of the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, Rajeev Singh-Molares shares the highlights of his Op-Ed piece which originally appeared in full at The Nation.
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WEF Blog: Freedom to travel: opening markets by opening borders
Published on 28/05/2012
» The global economy is suffering from a prolonged downturn brought on by events ranging from fiscal crises in the West to natural disasters here in Southeast Asia. Policy debates worldwide increasingly reflect the need for economic growth and job creation. With global unemployment of 200 million and 40 million people projected to enter the labor force every year, 600 million jobs will need to be created over the next decade.
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WEF Blog: Goals for getting to zero on extreme poverty
Published on 28/05/2012
» Societies around the globe are confronting a daily sense of fragility as economic, environmental, and social forces combine to produce surprise after surprise after surprise. There is a common fear that, even in cases of rapid advance, the gains might prove illusory or unsustainable.
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Cyber security and CEOs
Published on 29/05/2012
» With a large number of cyber attacks featuring in media reports over the past year, chief executives are realising that cyber security is an issue they can't ignore.
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Watch World Economic Forum live
Published on 30/05/2012
» Watch live coverage of the World Economic Forum on East Asia via LiveStream, here.
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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.
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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.
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WEF Blog: Gerald Lawless on Shaping East Asia
Published on 01/06/2012
» During this World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012, Gerald Lawless, Co Chair of the Meeting, took the time to answer some of Forum:Blog’s questions about how he sees the future of Shaping East Asia.
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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.
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WEF Blog: Educating the next East Asian generation for success
Published on 01/06/2012
» Integrating skills, education and employment is particularly relevant to the theme of the World Economic Forum on East Asia – Shaping the Region’s Future through Connectivity.
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