Themes | The ASEAN

9 May 2022

Labour and Future of Work

Informal Workers: Why Their Inclusion and Protection are Crucial to the Future of Work

1 May 2022

ASEAN Identity and Community Building

Fostering ASEAN Identity through Collaborative Efforts in Cultural Ecosystem

Identity is not inscribed in stone and fixed for all eternity. It is an ongoing process of being and becoming, never truly reaching a standstill.

18 Apr 2022

Health and COVID-19

Universal and Gender-Responsive Healthcare: Lessons from Canada

It is with great pleasure that I welcome the opportunity to contribute insights from a Canadian perspective. This COVID-19 Special Issue on “Strengthening Health Systems in ASEAN” is timely to reflect on the challenges posed during this unrelenting global pandemic.

14 Apr 2022

Culture

Supporting the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia

The creative economy has the potential to not only strengthen the expansion of global value chains, increase digital adoption among creative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), fuel the export of cultural goods and creative services, and foster ownership through local engagement, but also contribute to the overarching goal of sustainable development. The global market for creative goods increased considerably from 436 billion US dollars in 2002 to 964 billion US dollars in 2015 (UNCTAD, 2021).

14 Apr 2022

Culture

Singapore By Design – A Look At The City-State’s Thriving Creative Economy

Creativity is part of Singapore’s DNA and has always been intertwined with our national development. In a 2018 speech, our Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, noted: “Singapore is a nation by design. Nothing we have today is natural or happened by itself.”

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