ARTICLES

16 Aug 2023

ASEAN Economy Cannot Afford Business as Usual

Julia Tijaja|Denis Hew

Julia Tijaja and Denis Hew call for a renewed focus on productivity, for ASEAN’s long-term growth and competitiveness in its post-2025 economic agenda.

6 Jul 2023

Current Key Drivers of ASEAN Integration: Digital Skills and Mobilities

Melinda Martinus|Farah Nadine Seth

The ASEAN Digital Integration Index (ADII) shows that the area of digital skills and talent is ASEAN’s worst-performing indicator of the six digital integration benchmarks used to measure digital integration. This Long Read offers some analysis of the underlying causes of this dismal performance and identifies three opportunities to enhance digital skills.

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15 Feb 2023

ASEAN @55: Adapting to Global Disruptions

Lim Jock Hoi

This year ASEAN celebrates its 55th founding anniversary. ASEANFocus is privileged to feature ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi’s perspectives on various global challenges and what ASEAN has done to adapt to new realities.

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6 Jun 2022

ASEAN Cooperation Post-2025: A Vision for Collaborative Governance

Sanchita Basu Das

As ASEAN emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, there is an opportunity for collaborative governance to boost the region’s capacity to meet future challenges in the economy, geopolitics, and the environment.

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2 Jun 2022

ASEAN Re-opening: When the Whole is Less than the Sum of its Parts

Joanne Lin

As individual member states rush to reopen their borders amid the pandemic, ASEAN has again been found to be wanting.

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31 Jan 2022

A Regional Digital Vaccine Certificate in ASEAN, Posthaste

Melinda Martinus

ASEAN needs to work on a common standard for the certification of vaccination statuses. This would facilitate safe and unrestrained movement as borders open up again.

ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity

1 Sep 2020

Digital Payments Can Accelerate Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity

Melinda Martinus

Digital payment systems have proliferated across Southeast Asia, thanks to various platforms provided by banks, ride-hailing apps and fintech firms. For such payments to truly take off, the region needs to work on facilitating cross-border transactions.

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