China has faced enormous problems getting projects off the ground in the countries that need the investment most. Negotiating the interest rate that a country will pay for a loan from a Chinese bank and/or how large a local government or company will take on is often the subject of years of negotiations. Forced or poorly compensated relocation of farmers to make way for a project has prompted endless ...

Malaysian young workers face job and income predicaments as the economic fallout of Covid-19 continually unfolds, but the roots run deeper. Educational attainment of late teens and young adults has continuously grown in recent years. However, their aspirations for gainful employment and economic security have also been strained by particular labour market conditions now compounded by global pandemic. ...

As the country with the most aged population structure in the world, Japan has been required to modify its social system and improve its long-term care provision system, which mainly depends on long-term care insurance (LTCI) as the social compulsory insurance system. As the proportion of older people increases, demands for higher quality and more efficient long-term care are also growing. The ...

This article will examine the extent to which Malaysia’s largest ever budget can reasonably support the economic recovery expected in 2021 while keeping the deficit and debt levels within prudential limits. The strategies and budgetary measures to build a more resilient economy will be examined in light of the threats and opportunities in the post pandemic ‘new normal’ landscape. The ability of the ...

The conditions common to and necessary for securing the resilience of nuclear facilities will be put in order and analysed. The type of actions the operator, central government, and safety authorities in the region should take, as well as the requirements for securing resilience, will be summarised in the policy proposal. Good practices from OECD countries will also be considered for developing the ...

The working-age population in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States is estimated to peak in 2050 and then decrease (United Nations, 2017), followed by the ageing of the population. These countries are facing challenges in systematic collaboration models in medical and nursing care and in the development of regional systems and industry to support ageing societies, including ...

Energy consumption in Cambodia has been increasing rapidly. According to the Energy Demand and Supply of Cambodia 2010–2018(2019)1, one of the energy research reports of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), total final energy consumption (TFEC) grew at 7.2% per annum in 2010–2018. However, its elasticity over gross domestic product (GDP) was 1 because of the 7.2% growth ...

In Asia, some countries began to develop nuclear power generation in the 1960s, and now several other countries are considering the introduction of nuclear power. Some East Asia Summit countries such as China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea already use nuclear power. As member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attempt to reduce their fossil fuel consumption in the ...

This report describes the modelling process. Chapter 2 presents the main methodology used in producing the outlook, including the modelling work based on the use of the LEAP energy model. Chapter 3 introduces the data, which comprises mainly Myanmar national energy balance tables and socio-economic data. Chapter 4 explains how energy demand formulas from economic sectors are estimated and presents ...

The rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic globally is partly a symptom of a highly integrated and interconnected world in an era of globalisation. Sri Lanka too is highly connected to various channels of international mobility such as movements across borders of tourists and migrant workers. As such, it is rational to argue that the contagion of the Sri Lankan population to COVID-19 ...