https://www.scmp.com/rss/326423/feed Riccardo Puliti is the International Financial Corporation's regional vice-president for Asia and the Pacific and oversees all investment and advisory operations across the region. He was previously vice-president for infrastructure at the World Bank. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex and fragmented. While these shifts are resulting in economic benefits for emerging and developing countries with strong manufacturing sectors in the Asia-Pacific, not all businesses are positioned to succeed. The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that form the backbone of global supply chains anchored in the region still lack the access to finance they need to adapt to this new, more demanding era of global trade. This includes meeting the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3270188/how-hong-kong-can-support-asias-smes-era-trade-disruptions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3270188/how-hong-kong-can-support-asias-smes-era-trade-disruptions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jul 2024 21:30:09 +0000 Climate change is the challenge of our time, and the stakes are especially high in the Asia-Pacific. The region is home to about 4.7 billion people, accounts for three-fifths of global emissions from power generation and includes many countries vulnerable to global warming. Extreme weather is causing widespread deaths in India and fuelling forest fires in Indonesia and Thailand, and the small island nation of Tuvalu is expected to be submerged by the end of the century. Around 13 per cent of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3253134/why-asia-pacific-needs-hong-kongs-help-fight-climate-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3253134/why-asia-pacific-needs-hong-kongs-help-fight-climate-change?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:30:23 +0000 The global crises we are facing have brought us to a pivotal moment in development that demands our immediate, urgent attention. Climate change, Covid-19 and war in Europe have created a perfect storm that threatens economic development. Moreover, the knock-on effects on the global economy – in the form of mounting fiscal pressures, public debt, interest rates, inflation and country risk for investors – have created an environment that makes development finance especially challenging. Meanwhile,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201838/how-developing-nations-can-get-infrastructure-they-need?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201838/how-developing-nations-can-get-infrastructure-they-need?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:45:10 +0000 The transformation of the world’s energy systems lies at the heart of solutions to address the threat of climate change. From a quick glance at the headlines, it’s clear that things are moving fast. Decarbonisation of electricity generation, the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, is still in its early stages, but is picking up pace as adoption of renewable sources of energy – particularly wind and solar – becomes widespread. Decarbonisation of transport – by phasing out... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2132383/dont-overlook-methane-emissions-fight-against-climate-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2132383/dont-overlook-methane-emissions-fight-against-climate-change?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Feb 2018 06:10:07 +0000