ARTICLES

12 Jul 2022

Booster Shot? Pao Tang Digital Payment and Thailand’s Domestic Consumption

Kanpunnarin Amphunan|Kevin Zhang|Fanzura Banu

Digital payment apps, while facilitating ease of consumption, do not tackle the fundamental issue: limited disposable income of Thais, particularly among those in lower-income groups.

27 Jun 2022

Thailand’s Digital Divide: Leave No One Behind

Alexandra Dalferro

Thailand has a developed Internet and digital infrastructure which has helped many Thais tide through the privations of Covid-19. But more can be done to extend such services to more Thais, particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Digitalisation Infrastructure Thai Economy Thailand

17 Jun 2022

The Metaverse and the Importance of Personal Data Protection in Southeast Asia

Albert Jehoshua Rapha

Before Southeast Asia embraces wholesale the advent of the 'Metaverse', it is a matter of urgency for the authorities to address the current shortfalls in the protection of their citizens' personal data.

Data Security Digitalisation Technology

14 Jun 2022

Southeast Asia Should Confront Threat of Economic Espionage

Gatra Priyandita

China is known for using cyber weapons to pursue geostrategic goals. In recent years, entities linked to the Chinese state have carried out alleged economic espionage of commercial firms in Southeast Asia.

Cyber Security Digitalisation Diplomacy

6 Jun 2022

App-based Drivers in Vietnam: More Workers than Contractors

Joe Buckley

There has been a vigorous debate in Vietnam as to whether drivers for digital platforms are workers or contractors. They should be classified as the former.

Digitalisation Labour Exploitation Labour Market Vietnam Vietnamese Economy

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity Asean Trade Digitalisation Security

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.

COVID-19 Digitalisation Economic Development Monetary Policy

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