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Small business finance in Asia

Small business has a big problem, and that is access to finance. This is a problem everywhere, but especially in emerging and developing economies in Asia and elsewhere. Read more...
Remembering the Asian Financial Crisis

Remembering the Asian Financial Crisis

The 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis was the defining event of Asia's modern economic history. Has the region learnt the harsh lessons, and made the necessary reforms? Read more...
Modern Techno Life in Tokyo

Innovation Asia

While it has long been considered a region of copycats, Asia is now becoming a more important player in global innovation. Read more...
Colombia joins the OECD Development Centre

How trade is changing the world

International trade by developing countries is fundamentally changing the shape of the world economy. Have the developed OECD countries created a monster for themselves? Read more...
44th Annual Meeting, Board of Governors, ADB

How likely is an Asian Century?

The analysis of the Asian Development Bank suggests that it will be very challenging to realize an Asian Century. Read more...
Hong Kong Datacenter Market

Hong Kong Datacenter Market

This market insight by Frost & Sullivan discusses the current state of Hong Kong datacenter market by outlining the key market drivers, challenges and trends that are having an impact on this market. Read more...
Forum 2013: 21st Century Production Revolution

Global value chains at OECD Week 2013

Global value chains provide many economic benefits, but should be managed with more responsibility, according to panel discussions at OECD Week 2013. Read more...
環球貿易中心Global Trade Center

Global trade's seismic moment?

The global trading system may be approaching a seismic moment, according to discussions at the CanadAsia2013 conference organized by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada in Vancouver. Read more...
Getting Australians into Jobs

Getting Australians into Jobs

Australia has great success in getting its citizens into jobs, thanks to the effectiveness of its employment services industry and the National Employment Services Association. Read more...
Financial development in Asia

Financial development in Asia

A country's financial development is one key determinant of its economic growth. How do Asia's economies measure up in terms of financial development, and especially for access to financial services Read more...
One Thousand Yen - Front

Fair, inclusive and stable finance in Asia -- a trade union perspective III

This is the third section of a paper I wrote for the trade union group, UNI-APRO, on "Towards fair, inclusive and stable finance in Asia: Advancing a trade union agenda". Read more...
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Fair, inclusive and stable finance in Asia -- a trade union perspective I

This is the first section of a paper I wrote for the trade union group, UNI-APRO, on "Towards fair, inclusive and stable finance in Asia: Advancing a trade union agenda". Read more...
Forum 2013: The Enterprising State

Enterprising state at OECD Week 2013

The final session at OECD Forum 2013, on the "enterprising state", made many interesting points, but failed to address some of the finer nuances. Read more...
Economic growth prospects in Asia

Economic growth prospects in Asia

Developing Asia has been sailing through the global economic crises these past few years. Read more...
Hong Kong & Kowloon Shops

Doing business in Asia

One thing that is very striking in Asia is how some countries have done extremely well, whereas many others are very much lagging behind -- despite all the talk of an "Asian Century" Read more...
Financial crisis. Hard or soft currency? - Harte oder weiche Währung? Die Krise der internationalen Finanzmärkte

Conference on limits of economic surveillance

What are the limits of surveillance and financial market failure? What are the lessons from the euro-area crisis? This is the agenda of a conference in Paris on 23 September 2013. Read more...
Christopher Ng - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2010

Banking's Human Crisis

For bank CEOs, profits and bonuses are up, and the financial crisis is over. But for bank employees, a human crisis continues, with at least 200,00 jobs being lost since 2011. Read more...
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Asian trade unions seek win-win solutions

The Asia-Pacific trade union group, UNI Apro, is seeking an amicable solution between the interests of management and trade unions. Read more...
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Asian economy at critical crossroads

The East Asian economy is at a critical crossroads, according to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council's State of the Region report. Read more...
ASEAN Senior Officials (02813292)

Asian economic surveillance, and AMRO

AMRO -- the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office -- was established in Singapore in April 2011. It is slowly moving into action -- but too slowly. Read more...