Category: Spotlight

Amidst the slowdown and economic recession experienced by the Philippines and the world at large due to the Covid-19 pandemic…

ASEAN has been actively encouraging green jobs in renewable energy, energy efficiency, green...

The Indonesian government has been showing a strong commitment to accelerating private sector...

There has been an improvement in the outlook for the aviation sector all over Southeast Asia....

While infrastructure has been an important priority area for Southeast Asian economies, the pandemic outbreak will certainly blur this focus. Prioritising health and employment will be the key goal for most emerging economies. Covid-19 has led to disruptions in project delivery, raw material availability, labour supply, capacity addition and investments.

Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation coupled with climate change have increased the pressure on water resources across the globe.

Covid-19 containment measures have been hard on Southeast Asian transport infrastructure and utilities. Many piled on leverage in expectation of strong secular growth.

Uncertainty over trade policy and increasing protectionist measures in infrastructure development contributed to a decline in private sector infrastructure investment in 2019.

The spread of Covid-19, declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, brought with it an unprecedented disruption in economic activities worldwide, as countries resorted to lockdowns, implying massive economic costs.

Southeast Asia’s (SEA) energy demand has grown by over 80 per cent since 2000.

One of the fast growing regions in the world, Southeast Asia has just begun to realise its potential.

The Southeast Asian region continues to remain a hotbed for investments by corporates and investors.

One of the fast growing economies in the Southeast Asian region, the Philippines is at a crucial juncture at present.

Despite the global headwinds, the Southeast Asian economies recorded a solid growth of 5.2 per cent in 2018.

Southeast Asia has a golden opportunity to leapfrog over the low-performing, polluting, resource-inefficient technologies and practices of more developed countries.

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago with a length of 5,200 km stretching from east to west and a width of 1,870 km.

All economies in ASEAN have been focusing on increasing both private and public sector investments in infrastructure.

Southeast Asia (SEA) faces an increasing need for sound infrastructure creation. The region’s gross domestic product (GDP) surged to $2.79 trillion in 2017 from $1.19 trillion in 2000, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.13 per cent.

Southeast Asian countries grew much faster than most other economies of the world in 2017. However, infrastructure development has been trailing behind in the growing economies of the region, resulting in a huge need for infrastructure investments.

Economic development in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region has seen a higher number of people moving from rural to urban areas in the region.