Economy & Markets
Inclusive Innovation from the South: How Indonesia’s QRIS is Reshaping Digital Finance
In April 2025, a familiar tension resurfaced on the global trade stage. The United States, through its 2025 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report, criticized...
Rebuilding Wealth: ESI as Singapore’s Economic Bastion
In light of global trade challenges and a stagnant domestic equities market, the launch of Equities Singapore International (ESI) is essential as part of...
The Rise of the Renminbi: China’s Strategic Move to Dethrone the U.S. Dollar in Global Trade
China is working hard to make the Renminbi (RMB) widely used worldwide and lessen the U.S. dollar’s role in global trade. These efforts are...
Can Próspera Survive? Lessons from the Gulf and Kazakhstan’s State-Building Playbooks
Charter cities and special economic zones (SEZs) have evolved from fringe curiosities into essential policy tools for governments seeking investment, jobs, and expertise. The...
Sacred Birthplace of Gigantic Global Enterprises
Discover the unknown, sacred birthplace of gigantic global enterprises.Start with 100 great global enterprises operating worldwide and how they keep the global economy's pulse...
ESG Disclosure in Developing Countries: Cost Burden or Investment for the Future?
When BlackRock, the global investment giant, declared that sustainability is a “core pillar of long-term investing,” companies in developing countries had two choices: go...
Breaking Barriers: How Turkey’s Gendered Labor Market Shapes Women’s Future Jobs
Despite global progress in gender equality, Turkey continues to face deep-rooted structural inequalities in its labor market. These inequalities manifest through occupational segregation, persistent...
Taxing Fairly: How Progressive Taxation Can Reduce Economic Inequality
In an age of unprecedented wealth concentration, the gap between the richest and the rest is growing wider by the year. From Silicon Valley...
Trade Tensions and Strategic Solutions
With growing trade agreements of big economies in recent times, such as the US knocking China in trade wars initiated by the US, the...
Regional Tax Governance: An Unexplored Frontier in Asia’s Regional Economic Cohesion
Authors: Andi Mohammad Ilham and Andi Mohammad Johan*
In the midst of global trade confusion, especially following Trump’s machinery tariff back to the global stage,...