The efforts to come up with the first Lao PDR National Energy Statistics were challenging as the expert team from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), and other related ministries and agencies pulled all their existing data on the Lao PDR and combined them with the energy consumption survey data to arrive at a meaningful national ...

Both advanced and emerging economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia recognise that a new industrial revolution built on the principles of cyber-physical systems and automation is inevitable and will shape the future of economic growth. In addition to various national initiatives relating to enhancing industrial productivity, there has been heightened recognition ...

The 2018 Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Health in Viet Nam (LSAHV) is the first nationally representative longitudinal study of ageing in Viet Nam. The study aims to (i) investigate the health status and well-being of older persons (OPs) and their possible correlates, and (ii) assess the determinants of health status and transitions in health status and overall well-being. The LSAHV is part of a ...

The objectives of this telephone survey study are as follows: 1. To measure the common knowledge of older people about COVID-19 and identify their source of the information; 2. To compare the welfare of older people before, during, and/or after the COVID-19 pandemic; 3. To understand the difficulties they face during this pandemic; 4. To monitor the assistance older people receive during the COVID-19 ...

Over the course of ASEAN’s 50 years of existence, the ASEAN region has been transformed from a relatively poor region in the 1960s into a robustly growing region of middle-income to high-income countries. The ASEAN Member States (AMSs) have transitioned from being largely exporters of primary products into regional and global exporters of commodities, manufactures, and services. The region has ...

Space and geospatial technology (SGT) is an intelligence technology that enables the global monitoring of a wide range of parameters such as the distribution of facilities and buildings; the movements of cars, ships, aircraft, and people; environmental change; or post-disaster economic development processes. While geospatial technology was originally developed for military and security use, it has ...

This volume is part of the commemorative publication, ASEAN@50: Retrospectives and Perspectives on the Making, Substance, Significance, and Future of ASEAN. Volume 4 provides insights, perspectives, and reflections of eminent persons and experts on issues of significance to the success of building the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Political–Security Community (APSC) and the ASEAN ...

Asia will continue to drive global ageing in the first half of the century. By 2050, the population aged 65+ in Asia (or 60+ in Thailand and Viet Nam) will shoot up to 956 million, about triple the 2015 population. Over 60% of the world’s elderly will be in Asia.