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Myanmar: Dawei SEZ may make local communities worse off: study

Research shows that the scaling up and regularisation of trade and investment through Dawei Special Economic Zone has a risk to narrow, restrict, or reduce economic spaces or practices in which women predominate, pushing women towards precarious positions in labour hierarchies. Dawei Development Association (DDA), affected community members and EarthRights International launched a new report […]

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Falling oil prices to ease economic pressures in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Falling oil prices would help ease economic pressures in the country in the coming months, starting off with inflation and the pressure on the central bank to further raise interest rates, London-based Capital Economics said in a report. The macroeconomic research firm said lower oil prices would put downward pressure on domestic energy and fuel prices, easing the […]

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Tech-transfer a must for Vietnam to optimize FDI source

The Hanoitimes – Reports showed that Vietnam has lagged behind other countries in the region in terms of foreign investors’ technology transfer to domestic firms. Vietnam needs to have more effective policies on technology transfer of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) as global experiences showed that the FDI source only contributes to economic growth of countries which […]

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