The national rollout of the government Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme in early January is the largest and most comprehensive overhaul of India’s subsidies and benefits distribution programmes to...
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Economic Update | India: Cash In hand
18 Feb 2013
Economic Update | Mongolia: Tackling retail rights
14 Feb 2013
Efforts by Mongolia’s government to improve conditions for increasingly wealthy local consumers bode well for the fledgling retail industry. There are concerns, however, that watchdogs and...
Economic Update | Sabah: Rising incomes bode well for financial services growth
13 Feb 2013
Buoyed by an improved economic outlook across Malaysia, Sabah’s emerging middle class is expected to spearhead the expansion of the state’s fledgling financial services sector. However, with...
Economic Update | The Philippines: IT outsourcing earmarked for growth
12 Feb 2013
Although India has long dominated information technology outsourcing (ITO), the Philippines is fast making up ground by carving itself a place as an alternative destination for offshore IT service...
Economic Update | Papua New Guinea: Insurance growth at risk
11 Feb 2013
While a wave of major resource-related projects in Papua New Guinea (PNG) presents significant growth opportunities for private insurers, concern is rising that industry players could be put off...
Economic Update | Brunei Darussalam: Fisheries promise for industry
11 Feb 2013
The launch of a major seafood processing plant highlights the progress the Sultanate is making in its plans to diversify from oil and resources and position itself as a centre of value-added industry...
