Since its formation, ASEAN has seen an underdeveloped region grow into one of the most dynamic drivers of today’s global economy. As it marks its fiftieth anniversary in 2017, the Association’s ten member countries are a significant focus of international investment as Southeast Asia’s success story continues, following the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community …

QUICK SCAN MYANMAR: GEODATA FOR AGRICULTURE AND WATER (G4AW) Read More »

Since its formation, ASEAN has seen an underdeveloped region grow into one of the most dynamic drivers of today’s global economy. As it marks its fiftieth anniversary in 2017, the Association’s ten member countries are a significant focus of international investment as Southeast Asia’s success story continues, following the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community …

INVESTING IN ASEAN: ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASAIN NATION Read More »

Changes in the climatic system introduce uncertainties in the supply and management of water resources. Climate change has direct impacts on the surface water and the control of storage in rivers, lakes and reservoirs, which indirectly controls the groundwater recharge process. The main and direct impact of climate change on groundwater is changes in the …

CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS IN THE MEKONG REGION–A REVIEW Read More »

Vietnam is at a crossroads. Fragmentation of production across increasingly complex global value chains (GVCs) will continue to create both opportunities and challenges. The domestic policies that Vietnam enacts in the near future will determine whether it will be pushed further toward its current specialization of low value-added assembly functions—or whether it will manage to …

VIETNAM AT A CROSSROADS – ENGAGING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS Read More »