By: Rashesh Shrestha, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 Jan 2021 The three main challenges Asean will face post-pandemic—digitalization, supply chains, and human capital—have been widely discussed. Each of these has been emphasized in the Asean Comprehensive Recovery Framework and its implementation plan.
OECD-PCC competition report on PH logistics: OECD found that the cost of logistics to sales remains high in the Philippines, approximately 27% higher compared to other ASEAN countries. pic.twitter.com/3P7YQoaVEY — Warren de Guzman (@wddeguzman) January 29, 2021
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by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 Sep 2020 New socioeconomic and behavioral patterns are shaping the future of the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in Southeast Asia, which appears to be less and less influenced by the news cycle about coronavirus transmission, according to a new Nielsen study.
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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 26 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Companies seeking to reduce dependence on China by diversifying supply chains amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic would have mixed implications on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, Moody’s Investors Service said.
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By Catherine S. Valente, TMT, Manila Times, 28 Jun 2020 RECOGNIZING that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic “aggravates existing gender inequalities,” President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for a “gender-responsive recovery plan” for the Southeast Asian region to “ensure more women’s active participation as we go into the new normal.”
LIAM ROGERS WRITES — On December 15, 1997, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced their ASEAN VISION 2020, which outlined different goals for the countries of ASEAN (Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Republic of…
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By CHINO S. LEYCO, Manila Bulletin, 9 Jun 2020 The coronavirus pancemic is taking a heavier toll on the Philippine economy than its neighboring countries due to government’s reliance on stringent lockdowns instead of early scaling up of its testing capacity, and contact tracing efficiency, the World Bank said yesterday.
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Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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