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Wealth Gap
East Timor […]
Poverty
Foreign Correspondence
Poverty in Laos
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Laos is a country in transition that is enjoying robust economic growth as a result of its exposure to global markets, increased foreign investment in the country’s abundant natural resources, and […]
Foreign Correspondence
Poverty & Politics in SE Asia
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Populist economics is on the risein Southeast Asia. Politicians have been actively adopting policies that aim to impress upon the poor that governments are doing something, however trivial, to improve their […]
Foreign Correspondence
Cambodian Land Grab
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Violent clashes and protests over a land-grabbing disputed have taken place in the heart of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh this week, after a development company began to bulldoze the […]
AsiaWATCH
Burma’s Richest Man
No sooner had the Burmese military attempted to convince the world it was too poor to undertake a nuclear programme than its richest man emerges from the shadows to brag about the incredible fortunes he, […]