Blogs

Blogs from CAA Team.

These blogs are published in various publications and we are reproducing here.

Singapore’s housing dilemma: What are the broader implications?

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In the past year and a half, the issue of the 99-year leases on Housing & Development Board (HDB) flats has triggered off much debate. Now might be a good time to step back and examine what exactly has changed as a result of this debate and what the broader implications are. In fact, this issue could be a major game changer in many areas.

Why Women-Owned Businesses in Indonesia Stay Small

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Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the economic engine of Indonesia. In 2013, MSMEs accounted for up to 70 percent of Indonesia’s total gross domestic product, and more than 95 percent of the country’s workforce works in an MSME. And women owned nearly four in ten of those MSMEs in 2015.

Maintaining Momentum

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Southeast Asia scarcely disappoints with its capacity to produce uplifting surprises. Malaysia’s voters recently proved the pundits wrong and elected a reformist government that is taking on that country’s challenges with gusto. Since 1998, Indonesia has done the same by pulling off one of the most impressive democratic transitions among emerging market economies.

Get Ready For A Bumpy Ride

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In the past year, the global environment for Asian economies has grown ever more uncertain. The outlook for critically important drivers of Asia’s well-being – demand for its exports, prices of oil and other key commodities, geo-political pressures, the functioning of the trade regime – are all subject to greater unpredictability. It might be useful therefore to identify the most important variables…

Taking an ecological perspective to competition policy

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The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s (CCCS) regulatory response to the Grab-Uber merger announced in March this year, and the remedies it recommended in its Proposed Infringement Decision last month, have been generally well received by consumers.