Last month, the government reiterated its pledge to invest almost $610m of its National Development Fund in the development of biotechnology and said it would raise an additional $922m for a venture...
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Economic Update | Bio Full of Brio
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Heart of Borneo
22 Jul 2010
Brunei has offered to host, manage and run the regional centre for the Heart of Borneo programme. In so doing, Brunei has shown a further commitment to the conservation agreement signed this past...
Economic Update | Revenue Gap
22 Jul 2010
The government's budget deficit stands at $893m in the first six months of 2007, exceeding the programmed ceiling by $211m. Global ratings agency Fitch projects that, excluding government assets...
Economic Update | Experience Counts
22 Jul 2010
A recent study by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has ranked Malaysia as the world's fifth preferred shared service and outsourcing destination.
Economic Update | Broadening the band
22 Jul 2010
South Africa's government has moved to still the growing clamour to lower the cost of internet usage and speed up access times, announcing plans to lay undersea cables to link the country with Latin...
Economic Update | Water Deprivation
22 Jul 2010
With its parched soil and dwindling water supplies, Turkey wishes the weather man could have distributed the world's annual rainfall more evenly this year. Such countries as the United Kingdom, China...