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UN: Job creation scheme to rebuild Philippine economy
The United Nations has launched a $20 million cash-for-work programme in the Philippines to help ‘resuscitate’ the local economy following the devastation caused by...
Disaster in the Philippines: Japan never forgets
“We will never forget what the Philippines did for us in 2011,” said Kenzo Iwakami of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica), the team...
Taken by storm: The economic impact
Countries in the presumable or constant path of storms must develop infrastructure and contingency plans to alleviate the social and economic costs of the whims of the world’s weather, writes Justin Calderon.
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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...