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Pride Month is for everyone
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/06/2022
» June marks LGBTQI Pride Month, celebrating people who are "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex". I think most of us agree with US President Joe Biden's declaration that LGBTQI people are loved and cherished, and they deserve "dignity, respect and support".
The paradoxes of the Bangladesh miracle
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian, Published on 28/06/2021
» Ravaged periodically by natural calamities, long dependent on foreign aid and remittances, and a perennial source of refugees and emigrants, Bangladesh was once "a basket case of misery", as Zia Haider Rahman put it in his great debut novel, In the Light of What We Know.
Light behind the Covid cloud
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/05/2021
» Even as several countries, notably India and Southeast Asian nations, are struggling to contain a new Covid-19 wave, Asia appears on course for an economic revival on the back of a healthy global recovery and early progress on vaccines.
The biometric threat
Asia focus, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 02/03/2020
» Around the world, governments are succumbing to the allure of biometric identification systems. To some extent, this may be inevitable, given the burden of demands and expectations placed on modern states. But no one should underestimate the risks these technologies pose.
Missing the big picture on poverty reduction
Asia focus, Yuen Yuen Ang, Published on 02/12/2019
» This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to poverty reduction. The Nobel Committee said their use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), a method adapted from medical research, to test whether specific interventions work has "considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty".
Funding the future
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 02/07/2018
» Many entrepreneurs today aspire to have their businesses grow to the point where they have a valuation of US$1 billion or beyond -- or unicorn status, so called because of its rarity. But unicorn status alone is not enough for Peng T Ong, a startup founder, mentor to entrepreneurs and busy venture capitalist.
Recipe for success
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 04/06/2018
» Douglas Martell learned early in life that life can take unexpected twists and the path taken isn't always strewn with flower petals. But the president and CEO of the Thailand-based hotel management company Onyx Hospitality Group has never let setbacks keep him from having big dreams.
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.
Indonesia struggles with human trafficking networks
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 08/01/2018
» Tyas Weningsih Putri left her village in Kendal, Central Java in August 2016 to try her luck for a second time as a migrant worker in Malaysia.