Asian Logistics
Published on Oct 29, 2024 by Luke Hunt
Why do Southeast Asian farmers get paid so little? How can people respond to the immediate impact of climate change? What must governments in ASEAN do if they’re serious about cross-border trade? Why is Cambodia building a 180-kilometer canal at a cost of $1.7 billion?Chris Catto-Smith is a logistics specialist, a career which began with the Royal Australian Air Force in the 1970s. He moved to the private sector and then took his experience to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands encouraging disadvantaged communities to develop value chains and new routes to markets.He spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt in Melbourne, where he explained the issues confronting farmers and fisherfolk who are struggling to make ends meet and discussed what....
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Sri Lanka's Political Implosion
Published on Aug 27, 2022 by Luke Hunt
A podcast with Ganeshan Wignaraja. Sri Lanka has been imperiled by a collapsing economy amid allegations of gross corruption by the Rajapaksa family which had ruled the island-nation for 17 years.Ganeshan Wignaraja is an internationally known development economist. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and a senior research associate at ODI Global in London.He spoke with Luke Hunt in Colombo about the plight of his country. Listen here..
Sri Lanka's New President
Published on Jul 24, 2022 by Luke Hunt
Producers David Brown and Luke Hunt ventured into Sri Lankan politics for Voice of America as a government was ousted and Ranil Wickremesinghe emerged as President promising to form an all-party government capable of securing a multibillion-dollar IMF bailout. But so far, his appointments have angered protesters. Luke Hunt reports from Colombo..
Asia's Wealth Gap
Published on Dec 23, 2019 by Luke Hunt
Wealth gaps in Southeast Asia, and beyond, are ever expanding and issues which are arising are predictable. But as usual it's about too little for too few and too much for the handful who see themselves as elite. Cambodia’s Christmas carol: A Tale of Three Scrooges.
China’s Defense Posturing Shields Its Economic Distress
Published on Feb 28, 2016 by Luke Hunt
China is facing an uphill battle on two fronts. At home, government prestige is waning as the economy falters with Chinese people sending their money abroad as the stock market stumbles amid a slowing economy and a deteriorating currency.And as the bad economic news continues to drip out of China so do the dispatches about its military maneuvers in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Hanoi and the West Philippine Sea in Manila, where world patience with Beijing over this issue is again wearing thin.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat.
