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1 – 10 of 31Issues such as soaring inflation, currency depreciation and debt repayment problems are having a major impact on the economy. The World Bank estimates that GDP grew by 3.7% in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287447
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The road-and-rail project, which could end up costing around USD30bn, would link deep-water ports on either side of the Kra Isthmus, in effect connecting the Andaman Sea and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285612
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Thailand is devoting more attention to foreign policy under Srettha. The fallout from the 2006 and 2014 coups adversely affected its foreign relations, but it retains an important…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285133
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THAILAND: Visa deal with China should boost economy
According to a debt sustainability analysis published by the IMF in May, Laos is in debt distress. Years of rapid growth in borrowing to fund infrastructure development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280381
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Regional players will meanwhile work hard to sustain robust economic growth and affirm ASEAN ‘centrality’.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279991
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East Timor is the only South-east Asian country categorised by the Freedom House organisation as completely ‘free’. Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275071
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The health ministry reports that there are fewer than 2,000 active coronavirus cases in the country, a miniscule number relative to the size of the population, but the authorities…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275376
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This is helping to insulate them from immediate political pressures relating to the pandemic crisis, but their hopes for spurring long-term economic recovery depend greatly on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253198
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Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on South-east Asia.