COVID’s human capital costs in Asia
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human capital development will continue to haunt Asia’s middle-income countries for decades to…
Nepal should leverage powerful friends and chart a roadmap to tackle economic woes
Navigating economic turbulence and complex domestic and international political situations, Nepal needs to balance diplomatic ties while charting a roadmap…
PNG’s positive economic outlook may not lift living standards
Despite a positive macroeconomic outlook, PNG needs economic reforms to address political and social instability in 2024. ...
Futility and loathing in South Korea
2023 saw little progress on addressing South Korea's most pressing domestic issues, with President Yoon's US-focused foreign policy instead taking…
Pakistan’s next government faces an economy sliding into the void
Pakistan faces multifaceted challenges, spanning an economic downturn, high unemployment and political turbulence. The major ingredients in Pakistan’s economic and…
Rural underemployment threatens China’s growth
Authors: Scott Rozelle, Stanford University and Dorien Emmers, KU Leuven According to World Bank data, only a handful of economies…
Lifting the veil on India’s invisible migrant workers
Author: Shareen Joshi, Georgetown University Ninety per cent of Indian workers earn their livelihoods in the informal sector, lacking job…
Vietnam’s social insurance dilemma
Author: Tu Phuong Nguyen, University of Adelaide At the end of 2022, there were reports of long queues of employees…
The past year’s crisis will weigh on Sri Lanka for years to come
Author: Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University Economically, 2022 will rank as Sri Lanka’s worst year ever. The immediate reason for…
Migrant workers needed to fill critical skill gaps in Indonesia
Authors: Wayne Palmer, Bielefeld University and Nicola Piper, Queen Mary University of London In August 2022, there were 104,230 foreign…