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Opinion / Brunei
The vast minority of middle-income countries graduate to high-income status. Past strategies that prioritised physical capital must give way to a quality of growth approach premised on investment in human and natural capital.
Food & Agriculture
How Asean can reduce its heavy dependence on imported agricultural inputs
Asean should enhance efficiency of fertiliser application, increase local fertiliser production, and fortify policies on pesticides and seeds.
Food & Agriculture
Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending
Will scaling biofuels in Southeast Asia make the region more resilient to oil shocks, or does it introduce new vulnerabilities? Structural risks must be addressed as biofuels take a larger share of the transport fuel mix.
Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
The Middle East conflict is set to have a double-whammy impact on both Asean’s import of fertilisers, and its energy-intensive fertiliser production. The timing is critical as in the coming months, the five major crops, including rice, are being planted in Asean.
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10 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia
5 March 2026
7 January 2026
Food & Agriculture
Changing diets amid a changing climate
9 September 2025
26 May 2025
14 May 2025
4 October 2024
Carbon & Climate
The people's vision for regional decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
23 August 2024
Food & Agriculture
La Niña: boon or bane for Southeast Asia’s food security?
12 August 2024
3 June 2024
20 May 2024
Carbon & Climate
Strengthening Asia's voice for sustainable development
3 May 2024
28 February 2024
26 February 2024
Policy & Finance
Catalytic capital holds the key to Southeast Asia's green transition
13 October 2023
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia’s need to bridge the climate financing gap
23 September 2023
Carbon & Climate
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