https://www.scmp.com/rss/325182/feed Victoria Kwakwa is vice-president for the East Asia and Pacific, and leads the World Bank’s strategy in the region, which focuses on: inclusion and empowerment; jobs and private sector-led growth, governance and institutions, infrastructure and urbanisation, climate change and disaster risk management, as well as the cross-cutting themes of gender, fragility and conflict, and poverty analytics. Ms Kwakwa was previously the World Bank’s country director for Vietnam, overseeing a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For decades, East Asia and the Pacific region sustained rapid economic growth while lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty. And through much of 2020, some countries in the region were a model for how to keep Covid-19 at bay. But now, as the prospect of a quick recovery from the global pandemic recedes, the region risks losing ground. Covid-19 continues to buffet countries, hitting business and livelihoods and subjecting communities to a roller-coaster of lockdowns and re-openings. Economic... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3139773/3-ways-asia-can-recover-covid-19-pandemic-faster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3139773/3-ways-asia-can-recover-covid-19-pandemic-faster?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:30:16 +0000 Income growth is not the sole aim of economic development. An equally important, albeit harder to quantify, objective is a sense of progress for the entire community, and a confidence that prosperity is sustainable and shared equitably for the long term. Inclusive and sustainable development looks beyond growth in gross domestic product and can strengthen nations for generations. However, rising income inequality has impeded social mobility, increased social tensions, and undermined effective... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2110938/how-islamic-finance-helping-fuel-malaysias-green-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2110938/how-islamic-finance-helping-fuel-malaysias-green-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Sep 2017 07:18:49 +0000