Adeline Tan PUBLISHED JAN 27, 2022, 8:09 PM SGT SINGAPORE – Economic recovery in Asean is expected to be strong this year, bolstered by pandemic fatigue and countries shifting its strategies from grappling with Covid-19 to living with it. But there are some uncertainties about whether governments will re-impose restrictions and growth will be collective,…
by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 20 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses all over the globe have turned more pessimistic on recovery prospects, with the spread of the Delta variant and supply chain disruption still the major concern.
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by Reuters, 24 Aug 2021 TOKYO — Asia’s robust economic recovery from last year’s coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in COVID-19 cases sees shops empty again and factories close, dimming prospects for corporate profit growth after a blockbuster half year.
by Reuters, 24 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus pandemic may have pushed as many as 80 million people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, threatening to derail progress on global goals to tackle poverty and hunger by 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.
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Countries with improved abilities to convert wealth into well-being tended to mitigate drops in economic performance and limit the growth of unemployment rates during the first year of the pandemic. — Boston Consulting Group (@BCG) June 15, 2021
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fyi…….from S&P 28 JANUARY 2021… pic.twitter.com/659Bgg5Uiz — John Mangun (@mangunonmarkets) January 29, 2021
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by Agence France-Presse, 19 Nov 2020 WASHINGTON, United States — The global economy faces a hard road back from the Covid-19 downturn, and nations should remove trade barriers on medical technologies to aid the recovery, the IMF chief said on Thursday.
(The Philippine Star), 8 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses worldwide believe the current pace of global economic recovery may not be sustained in the short term due to repeated pandemic waves, results of a survey conducted by Oxford Economics showed.
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by Crispian Balmer, Reuters, 27 Oct 2020 ROME – European governments moved on Tuesday to set new curbs in motion to try to rein in a fast-growing surge of coronavirus infections and provide economic balm to help businesses survive the pandemic.
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by Agence France-Presse, 13 Oct 2020 Washington, United States — The global economic crisis will not be quite as grim as feared this year, but GDP will still contract 4.4 percent and the pandemic means the outlook remains uncertain, the IMF said Tuesday.
by Agence France-Presse, 13 Oct 2020 Washington, United States — The global economic crisis will not be quite as grim as feared this year, but GDP will still contract 4.4 percent and the pandemic means the outlook remains uncertain, the IMF said Tuesday.
by Reuters, 8 Oct 2020 NEW DELHI — Millions of people in South Asia are being pushed into extreme poverty as the region where a quarter of humanity lives suffers its worst-ever recession due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said on Thursday.
The Straits Times/Asia News Network, 30 Sep 2020 WASHINGTON — Poverty in East Asia and the Pacific could increase this year for the first time in 20 years as the coronavirus pandemic keeps people in poverty and creates a class of new poor, the World Bank said on Tuesday (Sept 29).
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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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