Income distribution
Inequality in Indonesia rose to record high
Inequality in Indonesia has reached historical high, a World Bank report released in Jakarta on December 8 revealed. The country's Gini coefficient, which measures...
Top 10 Countries for Work-Life Balance
Working long hours, not enough time to sleep, spend with your family or friends can lead to an unhealthy work-life balance. That's an issue...
Inequality in the Philippines still high, says ADB
Inequality in the Philippines might have not changed rapidly in the last 20 years, but the gap between the rich and the poor in...
Singaporeans could face higher wealth taxes
Singapore could see higher taxes on cars, property and possibly personal income as the issue is on the agenda of February's budget meeting that...
Australian academic calls Philippines ‘purgatory’ for poor
Citing rising inequality between the wealthy and not-so-wealthy, an Australian professor has called the Philippines a "purgatory for the poor".
Prof. Gill Boehringer, a former...
82% of Asia shows rising wealth divide
Asia is losing its grip in the battle against income inequality, with 11 of 28 Asian countries – representing 82 per cent of the region’s population – showing a widening wealth gap, the Asian Development Bank has noted.
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...