Opportunities in Emerging Markets: Structural Solutions
Over 20 years, emerging markets have impressively grown their piece of the wealth pie. These markets are increasingly gaining access to technology and growth in connectivity is closely linked to improved productivity. Investors can seek out a myriad of technological innovations to help solve major…
An Investing Megatrend: How Emerging Wealth is Shaping the Future
As countries climb the economic ladder, global wealth is shifting towards emerging markets. China is a cut above the rest but several other economies are also making strides on the world stage.
Moody’s: Negative Outlook for Sovereigns
Source: The Star, November 11 2019 KUALA LUMPUR: Moody’s Investors Service has a negative outlook for sovereign creditworthiness in 2020 due to worrying geopolitical environment, rising risks of shocks. The rating agency said on Monday this reflected its expectations for the fundamental conditions that will…
Making the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Job Shifts in Asia Pacific
Unemployment is the most commonly discussed threat of automation and artificial intelligence. Over 60% of salaried workers in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam occupy positions at high risk of automation. Truth or Fallacy?
Jokowi’s Initiatives in the Second Term
In his second and final term, President Joko Widodo and his administration voice their intention to carry out five priorities.
World Economic Outlook Growth Projects (%)
Projections of world output from advanced economies emerging market & developing economies, and low-income developing countries are compared side by side with no clear winners through this storm.
Disciplines in High Demand by 2020
Source: Kompas, October 6 2019 01 Information Engineering Not surprisingly, cyber security experts are in demand all over the world. In the past five years, demand for intelligence and data policy analysts has grown by 21.4%. It is estimated, the demand for ICT professionals (information,…
The Top 100 Websites in the World
Source: Visual Capitalist, August 7 2019 Using data from SimilarWeb, Visual Capitalist ranked these websites, what information is most frequently searched, which services they use, and how they spend their time online. No Domain Monthly Visits(Billions) 1. Google.com 60.49 2. Youtube.com 24.31 3. Facebook.com 19.98 4. Baidu.com…
2020 State Budget Allocation for Human Capital Development
Indonesia’s human capital shortage may finally be addressed with a step in the right direction, as more allocation is made towards improving the quality of education.
Falling Behind: Lazada’s Position as No. 1 Regionwide Slips
Lazada, an online retailer owned by Alibaba, reflects on its slipping dominance among top shopping apps in Southeast Asia.