ARTICLES

19 May 2022

Cash Payments in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia: Phasing Out or Coming Back?

Michael Schaper

The region paints a highly mixed picture, one that confounds the widespread assumption that cash is on a one-way path of inevitable decline, hastened by Covid-19.

27 Apr 2022

Liberation Technology? The Digital Era and Indigenous Survival in West Kalimantan

Irendra Radjawali|Maria Monica Wihardja

The survival of the Sungai Utik people and their customary forest needs deliberate imagining in this digital era. The community must think carefully about the future they want for themselves and their forest and seize opportunities to use digital technologies to their advantage.

Digitalisation Environment Indonesia

4 Feb 2022

Adjusting Towards a Digital Economy: The Critical Role of Labour Mobility

Jayant Menon

The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the move towards a digital economy, as well as other aspects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. There are fears that this accelerated transition will exacerbate wealth inequalities both within countries and regionally.

Digitalisation Economic Planning Industry 4.0 Labour Market

6 Sep 2021

Will Scammers Derail ASEAN’s Digital Drive?

Michael Schaper

As Southeast Asian governments push ahead with digitalisation in their respective economies, they need to be mindful that the ease and speed of digital transactions also come with new risks.

ASEAN Crime Digitalisation