This P-Talk highlights the key insights from the APO Productivity Databook 2022. This hallmark annual publication is part of ongoing efforts to support APO member economies in coping with current challenges, including postpandemic revival, and contribute to their socioeconomic development through enhancing productivity. Dr. Vu Minh Khuong, Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public […]
Harnessing the benefits of the digital economy has become an imperative for innovation, growth, productivity, and social prosperity (OECD 2016, Innovation and the Digital Economy). Technologies, smart applications, and other innovations in the digital economy are being widely promoted to improve services in a wide range of areas, including health, agriculture, public governance, taxation, transport, […]
The CE concept has emerged as a response to climate change, environmental degradation, and the limitations of the linear economy. It is based on a production and consumption model that emphasizes sharing, renting, reusing, repairing, and recycling existing materials for as long as possible. The life cycle of materials is thus extended. Transition to the […]
Recently, vegetable demand in Vietnam has diversified as more produce is being processed, frozen, and exported. Vegetable production must be increased and quality adjusted to meet various demands. On the other hand, labor productivity in vegetable production in Vietnam is not high because many workers are from local ethnic groups in remote areas. Some have […]
This P-Talk examines the geographic disparities in demographic trends and patterns in the Asian region, including differentials in population growth rates; levels of urbanization, migration, and fertility; and changing population structures and their overall implications for the productivity of national economies. Dr. Grace Cruz, Director of the Population Institute of the University of the Philippines, […]
