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Pakistan mulls smart cities to tackle infrastructure challenges
As Pakistan continues to face challenges in urban efficiency, IT experts proposed setting up smart cities to improve civic infrastructure and highlight technologies the...
Laos considering private investment for roads
Laos is considering allowing private investment to help improve the country's roads, local media reports said on January 6.
A feasibility study into building highways...
$50b plan for Mekong corridors revealed
Member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have agreed to draw up a $50 billion pipeline of potential projects under a new Regional...
China plans projects worth $11b in Cambodia
Two Chinese companies have reached a deal to build a 400-kilometer rail line, a steel plant and a sea port in Cambodia worth a...
Traffic jams costing a fortune for Philippine economy
The Philippines is losing around $55 million a day in lost productivity and potential income due to traffic jams, particularly in Metro Manila and...
Aquino outlines development roadmap
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has outlined a three-pronged developmental approach to sustain the blindingly high economic momentum the country has achieved through heavy...
Philippine tourism to create 3.6m jobs
The Philippine tourism industry is readied to become the muscle behind the country’s job generation machine, employing 7.4 million people by 2016, up from...
93% of roads in Philippines still unpaved
The Philippines have been ranked low in the 2012-2013 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that assesses the competitiveness landscape of...
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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...