The Thai government rolled out schemes to finance SMEs and help them weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While these programmes have some merits, there are ways…
Asia and the Pacific
21 Oct 2020
Investment by China’s tech companies in Singapore has picked up considerable pace in recent months. Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent have all made an intent to anchor a…
Asia and the Pacific
16 Oct 2020
The award of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the UN’s World Food Programme highlighted a serious problem facing the planet: availability of food. Southeast Asia is by no…
Asia and the Pacific
13 Oct 2020
Soon after his 2014 election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new policy to promote regional connectivity. India is now one of four powers that has responded to…
Asia and the Pacific
08 Oct 2020