Foreign debt will be Pakistan’s economic touchstone in 2024
In 2024, the most urgent task for Pakistan's new government will be grappling with their crippling foreign debt. ...
Getting Vietnam’s economic growth back on track
Vietnam risks being unable to move up the value chain in its export-oriented manufacturing industries and losing its competitive edge…
Malaysia must take bold economic action
Amid a weak ringgit, inflation concerns and a significant food import bill, Malaysia’s economy has demonstrated resilience, though the government…
Thailand’s post-pandemic economic recovery still trailing behind
Thailand's new government is struggling to speed up its economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, with demand-side stimulus and new…
A bumpy road ahead for China’s economy
China’s economy had a bumpy 2023, with growth in the high-tech and services sectors compensating for a precarious property market…
Pakistan’s worst-case-scenario year bodes ill for 2024
Pakistan's economic, political and security woes stem from a failure to undertake necessary structural reforms and reverse problematic public policy.…
Laos’ economic reckoning
Author: Keith Barney, ANU Laos had the feeling of a nation moving ever closer to an economic reckoning in 2023,…
Diminishing returns on real estate threaten Chinese economic growth
Beijing must embrace major fiscal reforms to pivot away from a construction growth model that no longer functions as intended.…
Japan’s foreign worker program is ripe for reform
Author: Yuri Okina, Japan Research Institute In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on…
Sri Lanka out of intensive care, but still in the trauma ward
Author: Editorial Board, ANU If you think your New Year hangover was bad, spare a thought for Sri Lanka. In…