Southeast Asia is home to some of the most dynamic and fast‑growing economies in the world. Yet the region continues to face significant development challenges, including poverty, limited access to ...

Southeast Asia has navigated the economic impacts of COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine relatively well, but at a high cost: slower poverty reduction, significant learning losses, and large ...

So, the depth of poverty is huge,” said Kanni Wignaraja, assistant secretary-general and UNDP regional director for Asia. Wignaraja said Myanmar’s middle class is “literally disappearing.” ...

Luang Prabang in northern Laos used tourism to become virtually free of poverty. But Laos is still one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Luang Prabang, in the north of Laos, is ...

In the past two decades, South-East Asia averaged 8.5 per cent gross domestic product growth, and foreign direct investment flow into the region grew nearly fourteen-fold. While China and the US have ...