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Philippines Economy: Booming, But Poverty and Unemployment Remain Problematic
Philippines Economy: Booming, But Poverty and Unemployment Remain Problematic. By Richard Javad Heydarian for PolicyMic, May 18. AdminMore Posts … Read entire article »
Filed under: Trade and Economy
Fair Process and the Myth of Inclusive Growth
A friend recently passed an Industry article to me that quotes the Fraser Institute in stating in a rather succinct statement: “And the places you should avoid at all costs are Indonesia, Vietnam, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Guatemala, Philippines, and Greece, concludes the survey.” In a December 31, 2012 article by the Inquirer, the Mining Industry has estimated a Two Billion Dollar loss in mining investments for the Philippines. Beyond the obvious … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Politics, Trade and Economy
World Bank: 7.1% 3rd Quarter GDP rate could be wrong
World Bank: 7.1% 3rd Quarter GDP rate could be wrong. The Philippines’ outstanding GDP growth in Q3 might be significantly overstated. By Rigoberto Tiglao, The Manila Times. AdminMore Posts … Read entire article »
Filed under: Trade and Economy
Assessing ASEAN’s Middle Economies: A Composite Scorecard for the VIP Nations
Each year, a number of global think-tanks, NGOs, business groups, and social advocacies produce a number of reports ranking the world’s countries according to a variety of indicators. The most recent of the well-known reports, the Doing Business 2013 report reviewed for an earlier article on this website was in fact the impetus for resurrecting an exercise first done in 2009: The Composite Scorecard. The Composite Scorecard (CSC) is a broad analysis combining survey and statistical … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Trade and Economy
The 2013 Ease of Doing Business Rankings: How the ASEAN Measures Up
It is the time of the year again when government spokespeople around the world are either presented with a very early Christmas present, or a bit of bad news worthy of the Halloween season; for the members of the ASEAN group of nations (save one, which is regrettable), the release last week of the World Bank/International Finance Corporation’s annual Ease of Doing Business report was a bit more of the former than the latter, albeit … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Trade and Economy
Asia Faces Tough Times As Greece Continues To Plummet
Across Asia the slowdown continues. South Korea’s central bank is warning of “downside” risks to growth, Japan is having to import increasingly more energy that threatens its economic recovery and Australian employers are cutting jobs. The Asian-Pacific expansion faces a difficult period as policy makers examine their monetary decisions more closely. As inflationary pressures continue, New Zealand, Indonesian, and South Korean central bank officials have kept interest rates frozen. A slowdown in global trading has undoubtedly … Read entire article »
Filed under: Trade and Economy
Myanmar’s Road to Liberalization: Too Much Too Fast?
The frenzied pace of the Myanmar’s reform efforts is continuing unabated, with the government of President U Thein Sein recently announcing that tax exemptions of eight years or longer would soon be offered to foreign investors, and that an agreement had been signed with Singapore which would provide Myanmar with critically-needed training and consultation in reforming its financial system. News of the tax incentive plan was announced by Industry Minister U Soe Thane on the sidelines … Read entire article »
Filed under: Politics, Trade and Economy
Get Ready for the Crash of 2012
Let’s not be coy about this: The Crash of 2012 is coming, it has already begun in China, and it is going to make the 2008 crisis look mild by comparison. In an article published about two weeks ago in Foreign Affairs, economist Patrick Chovanec sketched out a dire situation report for China’s real estate market: plummeting prices, even more steeply dropping transaction rates, massive oversupply and tens of millions of idle housing units, and more … Read entire article »
Filed under: Trade and Economy
The Continuing Power Dilemma in SE Asia
While the effects of external shocks on Southeast Asian economies in 2012 from what most observers are more than half-expecting will be a crisis in Europe and a serious downturn in China are obviously yet to be determined, one serious and entirely homegrown risk to continued growth in the region is the ongoing challenge for several countries to effectively manage their power infrastructures. Three countries in particular – Viet Nam, Indonesia, and the Philippines – … Read entire article »
Filed under: Energy Sector
Planning for Climate Change: Is SE Asia Ready?
On the night of December 16-17, Tropical Storm Washi (called Sendong in the Philippines) smashed across the northern part of the island of Mindanao, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 1,000 people. As of this writing, several hundred people are still missing in the Philippines; the storm is presently dissipating near the southern coast of Vietnam. Although tropical storms are common in the Philippines – the country experiences 15-20 a year – they are rare … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editorial, Environment
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