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Philippines – DOF: Investors becoming less reliant on incentives

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign investors -are becoming increasingly less reliant on incentives as a deciding factor in putting up their businesses in the Philippines, according to a senior official of the Department of Finance. In a statement, Finance Undersecretary and chief economist Gil Beltran debunked Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) director general Charito Plaza’s claim […]

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Report lauds Myanmar’s improving business environment

Myanmar is now listed among the top 20 improvers of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report.  The report states that Myanmar is listed among top improvers in ASEAN because of reforms to the country’s business landscape. According to the report several initiatives in particular stand out. The foremost among them is Yangon’s strengthening of […]

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Thailand: A capital idea

The idea of moving Thailand’s capital to another province has resurfaced after the country’s leader, perhaps unintentionally, told a crowd about two approaches for possible relocation. The plan echoes the recent announcement by the Indonesian government that it will move its capital from Jakarta, located on the island of Java, to the province of East […]

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Thailand falls one place in digital index

Thailand slipped one place to 40th in the World Digital Competitiveness Index 2019, partly because of a lack of public access to digital public services and subpar participation in public decision-making. The rankings, which cover 63 countries, were released on Thursday. The index was commissioned by the IMD World Competitiveness Center, a think tank under […]

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