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 ...

While Japan has the highest percentage of elderly citizens in the world, its dependence on foreign care workers has been negligible compared to other countries facing a similar issue. In recent years, the country has implemented several foreign care worker schemes set to alleviate the worsening shortage. In this report, we focus on the student pathway for foreign care workers (kaigoryugaku) that is ...

Thus, this study will map out the current situation of DES in selected ASEAN Member States, and discuss the opportunities for DES in the ASEAN region to support and foster the convergence of the ASEAN Economic Community and sustainable economic growth by providing affordable, reliable, and better energy sources with less GHG emissions.

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has achieved remarkably high economic growth, with average gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 7.28% over 2010 to 2017, the second-highest growth rate among ASEAN member states during the same period. Myanmar’s real GDP per capita was US$1,300 in 2017. This strong economic growth during the last 6 years was also accompanied by an increase in energy ...

ERIA and the MME will prepare a Basic Energy Plan for Cambodia (BEPC) that is appropriate, comprehensive, feasible, and effective. In addition, the basic plan should have numerical targets for each energy issue covered by the plan, and the targets should be achievable.

The structure of this report is like the earlier editions because of the application of similar methodology. However, one important accomplishment of this study is the development of energy efficiency targets for the countries that did not have targets when this project started in 2007. It could be said that those countries started adopting energy efficiency as an important energy policy as a result ...

ASEAN has come a long way since its birth on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand. ASEAN has grown into a vibrant and increasingly integrated economic region, an increasingly stronger socio-cultural community, and a significant force in East Asia’s regional political–security and economic relations. On the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and ...

What is functional recovery care? Functional recovery care is care that enables a person to once again perform actions they had lost.