
Southeast Asia needs high-performing public sector to beat COVID-19
To respond to the challenges of the pandemic and deliver services effectively, a professional civil service needs to build the values, culture and skills required to respond to complex demands and challenges.

规模庞大的RCEP贸易协定能否被各经济体充分利用?
《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》将15个国家和22亿人口纳入到一个贸易伙伴关系当中。该协定不仅仅局限于进出口贸易,它还将产生广泛的经济和社会效益。

RCEP is a gargantuan trade deal but will economies be able to make the most of it?
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership brings 15 nations and 2.2 billion people into a trade partnership. It also offers broad economic and societal benefits that go beyond imports and exports.

Coping with the pandemic in South Asia by making it easier to trade
The pandemic has underscored the importance of trade facilitation within South Asia and with the region’s neighbors.

COVID-19 is sending millions of overseas workers back into Southeast Asia’s rural areas
With the right policies, enough jobs can be created to employ returning workers and creating the opportunity for a new era in agricultural entrepreneurship in the region.

亚洲需要“让阳光照进厨房”
在亚洲,尤其是农村及偏远地区,太阳能已经在为人们供电,但作为一种清洁的烹饪能源,其应用却相对滞后。

Asia needs to get cooking when it comes to solar energy
Solar power is helping Asia get electricity to people, particularly in rural and remote areas, but it has fallen behind in its use as a clean energy cooking source.

Why are interest rates falling in Southeast Asia?
Southeast Asian economies are starting to feel the pinch of trade tensions, recession fears and other global trends.

Helping governments improve performance
Performance assessments help people in Southeast Asia determine how well their government is performing and how they can be improved.

At your service: trade liberalization could bring huge benefits to Southeast Asia
Making it easier for workers to move between countries is key to liberalizing the trade in services and unleashing the benefits it will produce across national and regional economies.