Op-Eds and Opinion

In the last five years, Melaka has made great strides toward building a sustainable, green city.

Asia’s countries famously need to invest trillions of dollars a year to provide infrastructure required to keep traffic flowing, ports trading, and factories humming. Yet most countries in the region consistently fall short. 

New technologies such as robotics, three-dimensional printing, artificial intelligence, and the internet-of-things will continue to help drive future prosperity in Asia.

Adequate government revenues are critical for a country’s development, and the Philippines is no exception.

In his speech to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping said China aims to become a global leader in innovation by 2035.

As a new government sets its agenda in Armenia, now is the time to look ahead on the policies that could speed up economic development.

We just participated in a debate on Urbanization: Testing the City Cluster Model at the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Hainan. In this discussion, all panelists agreed that integrating cities and urban systems in coordinated city clusters is a global challenge in the 21st century. Cities are the world’s economic engines, accounting for around 80% of each country’s national GDP, but are also the largest sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions with more than 80% of carbon emissions originating in cities and city clusters.

A study last year by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that the trend would only worsen, rolling back the region’s gains in economic development and poverty reduction.

The ASEAN Finance Ministers have just concluded their 22nd Meeting in Singapore, as ASEAN embarks on the second half of its journey toward its centennial.

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success stories.