With ASEAN considering a digital vaccine certificate to revive tourism in the bloc, Cambodian business owners are hoping that it introduces special privileges for those inoculated. Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s minister of International Trade and Industry, said last month that economics ministers had “deliberated the possibility of introducing a common digital vaccine certificate”. In March, Thailand […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Thai farmer Jamras Kongchai is struggling to pay off 500,000 baht ($16,082) in debt as money from the sale of her crops is not enough to make payments. Adding to the strain, the coronavirus outbreak has shut a small construction firm where she worked for $10 a day for much needed extra income. “I’m […]
Read MoreThe Indonesian government has focused on the recovery of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) that significantly contributed to driving national economic growth, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto has stated. Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian government has focused on the recovery of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) that significantly contributed to driving national economic growth, Coordinating Economic […]
Read MoreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a report using macroeconomic frameworks to analyse the economic shock that COVID-19 has had on two countries: Cambodia and Colombia. The IMF team built a simulation model based on the Cambodian economy to project the short and medium-term impacts of the pandemic. Three assumptions were used to carry out […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The results of RAM’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) survey for the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, which was concluded in mid-March, reveal that businesses remain pessimistic through the next three months. Having polled 229 firms across Malaysia, about 93% of which are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro enterprises, the overall BCI […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The recent spike in COVID-19 cases just made it more uncertain for the country to rebound from the pandemic when the rest of the world is slowly getting back on its feet, a global think tank said. In its latest chart book, London-based Capital Economics said the situation in the Philippines, which […]
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