Economics

Economics • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 19, 2019 • 9 min read

China And the West Too little, too late

By Minh Pham, Yves Carmona • Feb 19, 2019
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is reshaping the global monetary order – and the West is floundering in the face of it

Economics • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 18, 2018 • 15 min read

Belt and Road Operation Mekong

By Bernhard Zand • Dec 18, 2018
China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might

Economics • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2018 • 3 min read

World Bank East Asian countries must adapt to match most developed nations

By Robin Spiess • Dec 11, 2018
If countries across East Asia intend to sustain the growth of their economies, policy makers are going to need to accommodate a changing global and economic environment, according to a recent World Bank report

Economics • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 12, 2018 • 17 min read

Cambodia's building blocks Blood bricks

By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Nov 12, 2018
Cambodia's construction boom has demand for clay bricks climbing. But a transformation to Cambodia’s rural economy feeds some of the most vulnerable into the growing brick sector and its toxic debt bondage

Economics • Nov 09, 2018 • 5 min read
Japan and China

Rivalry reborn

As China and Japan vie for dominant influence in Southeast Asia, the region benefits from the aid it receives from both economic giants
By Malcolm Cook • Nov 09, 2018

Economics • Oct 16, 2018 • 5 min read
Natural disasters

Flooded out

Several Southeast Asian countries have this year been heavily impacted by natural disasters, and according to recent reports, the onslaught of extreme weather in the region is expected to continue for the foreseeable future
By Robin Spiess • Oct 16, 2018

Economics • Oct 12, 2018 • 5 min read
Cambodia

Economy under fire from possible EBA loss

Marco Kalinna, managing director of Cosmos Services, a garment trade supplier in Phnom Penh, and board member of the German Business Group in Cambodia, talks about the European Union’s possible retraction of its Everything But Arms preferential trade agreement with Cambodia
By Tassilo Brinzer • Oct 12, 2018

Economics • Oct 02, 2018 • 16 min read
Cambodia’s building blocks

Cementing the future

As the Kingdom's construction boom continues, the local production of cement has evolved alongside it. But potential environmental issues may prove costly
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Oct 02, 2018

Economics • Sep 10, 2018 • 18 min read
Cambodia's building blocks

How sand dredging bled a fishing community dry

After a decade of heavy sand dredging in the waterways of Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a fishing community once recognised for its rich ecosystem is struggling to fill its nets.
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Sep 10, 2018

Economics • Aug 28, 2018 • 3 min read
Sponsored

Credit Bureau Cambodia: The power of data

For more than six years, Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) has worked hard to ensure that the Kingdom’s financial sector has access to the data it needs to practice low-risk, responsible lending. But even in the age of information, knowing who to trust is not always so simple. CBC CEO Oeur Sothearoath said that information asymmetry was one of the main challenges preventing financial institutions from properly mitigating risk.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 28, 2018

Economics • Aug 13, 2018 • 4 min read
Fintech

Is Southeast Asia ready to go cashless?

Southeast Asia Globe probes how financial technology and the regional startup scene could change the way Cambodia and the other countries of Southeast Asia pay for stuff
By Tom O'Connell • Aug 13, 2018