The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are creating an ambitious European Union-inspired economic community that will weld together diverse countries to counterbalance a rising China and an America that is increasingly assertive in Asia. Here are some key questions and answers on the Asean Economic Community:
In my past advocacies, I discussed the development impact of tree crops in Southeast Asia: How a well-managed and focused development of cocoa, coffee, oil palm and rubber lifted millions of rural poor out of poverty and energized the domestic markets for goods and services.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas may be forced to raise key interest rates in the fourth quarter as the global economy continues to recover, exerting upward pressures on the prices of goods and services, according to Moody’s Analytics.
The Philippines is well poised to profit from Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s move to steer clear of China and move to Southeast Asia for capital expansion.
THE PHILIPPINES and the rest of Southeast Asia are expected to sustain their growth momentum through 2013 and continue to serve as global growth drivers.
The sale of tablets and personal computers (PCs) in key Southeast Asian markets accelerated in the first nine months of the year amid improving consumer confidence in the region.
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. has raised P13.6 billion from a quick sale of shares to new investors, making history as the largest overnight equity deal done by a Philippine company.
Business owners in Southeast Asia consider the Philippines to be among the least developed and least attractive sites to do business in within the region. Results of the 2011-2012 Asean Business Advisory Council (Abac) Survey on Asean Competitiveness showed that Vietnam had dislodged the Philippines from the group of five most attractive member-countries of the [...]
After a “challenging” 2011, this year will mark a transition from “uncertainty to more certainty,” but investors should stay cautious early in the year as the resolution of the European debt crisis could take longer than expected, said a visiting investment expert from Merrill Lynch.
Southeast Asia will be one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to “cyber-attacks,” with criminals taking advantage of rising incomes and growing online banking activities in countries like the Philippines.
Devastating floods have cost Southeast Asia $6.3 billion in lost production, adding to the pressure caused by the economic woes of the United States and Europe, the UN said Friday.
The Philippines and its neighbors in Southeast Asia are likely to post slower-than-expected economic growth over the next six to 12 months due to a weak global economy. Moody’s Corp. unit Moody’s Analytics made the projection based on its expectation that the anemic performance of the US and eurozone economies will continue to weigh on [...]
