COVID-19 is changing financial inclusion: Can policymakers keep up?
SHAWN HUNTER AND PETER ROSENKRANZ | The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the importance of ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable people… Read More
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Southeast Asia Snapshot #14
SOVINDA PO | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making the news in Southeast Asia. APEC Leaders’ Summit sets the scene for Thailand in… Read More
Chile will not host APEC and COP-25 amidst social uprising
Chile’s refusal to host the APEC and COP-25 summits is indicative of wider systemic issues plaguing the Latin American country. On 30 October 2019, Chilean… Read More
Regional wrap
The last fortnight proved to be an action-packed one, with many significant developments taking place in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia was at the front and… Read More
Do FDI inflows increase income inequality in APEC developing economies?
The effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are widely debated in academic, policymaking and development circles. In a time of prolific economic globalisation, accelerated through… Read More
Prioritising foreign investment in APEC
Greatly expanded international trade within the Asia-Pacific over recent decades has fuelled regional and world economic growth. APEC members account for over forty per cent… Read More
Vietnam’s exchange rate policy
This year Vietnam is the host APEC country, convening a series of official meetings that will culminate in the APEC leaders’ forum in November. Vietnam’s… Read More
G20 Engagement and the foreign office
The G20 began as a forum for Finance Ministers and Bank Governors in 1999, but with the addition of the Leaders’ Summits in 2008, the… Read More
Should Australia be more open to foreign investment?
On Thursday 3 November the APEC Study Centre (ASC) at Griffith co-hosted with Morgans Financial Ltd a downtown symposium on “Should Australia Be More Open… Read More
There is much for Australia to admire about neighbour Singapore
Just as England was known as “the land without music” in Europe early last century, so Australia is on track to being known as the… Read More
