With a new administration in place, local and international players in Peru have regained optimism. As one of South America’s top performers due to its reforms and fiscal discipline, the country is benefiting from rising commodity prices and an export-oriented mining sector. In addition, 2018 brought increased public expenditure, with notable rises in the budgets for education, health, infrastructure and reconstruction.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, Minister of Education: Interview from The Report: Thailand 2018
Which reforms could be most effective in making local education institutions competitive and in line with the Thailand 4.0 model?
Articles & Analysis | Global Development of technical and vocational training key to improving employment rates from The Report: Thailand 2018
Although priorities vary when it comes to economic development, the increasing need for skilled labour is both a cause of and a requirement for accelerated growth across markets. This demand for technical specialists is often most concentrated in the sectors that are vital to economic advancement, including infrastructure, oil and gas...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Gordon Cameron, Vice-president, Asia-Pacific Area, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International: Interview from The Report: Thailand 2018
In what ways can Thailand improve the health care financing structure to cope with rising expenditures and the demands of an ageing society?
Articles & Analysis | Global demand for local and imported pharmaceutical products is rising from The Report: Thailand 2018
In recent decades, the pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographic reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy& team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018...