Socioeconomics Archives

Inequality in the Philippines might have not changed rapidly in the last 20 years, but the gap between the rich and the poor in...

Cambodia's 38 microfinance institutions reported a 44 per cent increase in loan disbursements in 2013, according to a report of the National Bank of...

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...

Lo Thi Tiep, 28, lives with her husband and two kids in a mud thatch house in Bung Lao commune, Dien Bien Province in...

The growing presence of poor people in the wealthy city state is becoming more and more obvious despite begging carries heavy fines or even...

In the past years, there has been a notable shift of labour costs within Asia, and China is no longer leading the pack. The...

The Lao government approved $27 million for rural development and poverty alleviation for the next fiscal year, the Vientiane Times reported on July 30. The...

The World Bank has released a $300 million development loan to the Philippines to support the government's poverty reduction efforts, the bank said in...

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.