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Myanmar's 'my way' vs Asean norms
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 08/07/2025
» It appeared to be a done deal. During their summit on May 26, Asean leaders agreed to admit Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional bloc. Since then, Nay Pyi Taw has raised an unexpected objection, with the junta issuing an official statement that could potentially embarrass Asean and its current chair, Malaysia.
Is the 'middle-income trap' real?
Oped, Keun Lee, Published on 31/12/2024
» The term "middle-income trap" refers to the tendency of fast-growing developing economies to lose momentum well before they achieve high-income status. First introduced by World Bank economist Indermit Gill and the Brookings Institution's Homi Kharas in 2007, the concept has since become the subject of intense debate among economists.
Lessons to build a care economy
Oped, Carmen Estrades & Florencia Amábile, Published on 21/08/2024
» As populations age worldwide, the demand for care services is reaching unprecedented levels, presenting complex challenges for all societies, but particularly those in the developed world. This is also true for Uruguay, where the demographic profile is closer to that of North America and Europe than to its regional neighbours.
SE Asia needs more renewables
Oped, Fabby Tumiwa & Dimitri Pescia, Published on 04/07/2024
» Renewable energy offers Southeast Asia sustainable, affordable, and reliable power, but achieving this requires bold, decisive action. Slowing down coal phase-out ambitions would undermine these efforts.
Boosting the clean energy push
Oped, Patricia Espinosa & Lourdes Melgar, Published on 05/12/2023
» The world stands at a critical juncture in the fight against climate change. Either we drastically accelerate the clean-energy transition, or our fast-dwindling chances of preventing global temperatures from surpassing 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be destroyed. Few understand the stakes better than Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.
Argentina must break its vicious political cycle
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/11/2023
» Bertolt Brecht lived in Germany, not in Argentina, and he has been dead longer than he was alive, but his famous question applies to the Argentine election next Sunday: "Would it not be simpler if the government dissolved the people and elected another?"
Pass cannabis controls now
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2023
» Since December, MPs have been working on getting the long-awaited cannabis and hemp control bill to pass its second reading. This push is a breath of fresh air not only for patients and medical practitioners but also investors looking to export cannabis as a cash crop.
Flood let-down
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/09/2022
» Re: "Flood risk with dam to up discharge", (BP, Sept 14).
India farmer protests gain momentum
Oped, Amandeep Sandhu, Published on 16/10/2021
» For more than four months now, about 200,000 men, women, and the elderly have been camping on the roads leading to Delhi, barricaded from the nation's capital by concrete walls, trenches, concertina wires and nails on the road. The farmers are demanding the repeal of three laws that the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enacted in violation of India's constitution and due parliamentary procedure last September. They also seek the legalisation of a national Minimum Support Price index, an assured price fixed every year by the government, on farm produce across 23 crops.
A 'culture of silence' at work is not OK
Oped, Boonwara Sumano and N Aneksomboonphon, Published on 10/03/2021
» Every year on March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day to recognise the progress we have made in women's social, economic and political advancement. And every year, we still hear about heart-rending incidents that make us realise that we still have a long way to go towards a safer world for women and girls.