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The incoming administration aims to reduce the share of the budget deficit to the country’s domestic output as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) and lower the poverty rate to one of 10 Filipinos
Indonesia has issued around 302,000 tonnes of palm oil export permits since the country restarted exports, senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan said, while reassuring farmers and exporters that authorities would speed up the permit process. Indonesia,
The finance ministry has asked key infrastructure ministries and departments to speed up projects, setting a target of achieving at least 60% of the FY23 capital expenditure budget target, or INR4.45tr out of the budgeted
Marching into their ninth year in power, Thailand’s top trio of former army chiefs, led by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, are taking flak from their own allies, raising questions about their future and that of
Thailand’s ranking in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 dropped to 36th from 35th place, with safety and security plunging to the lower end of the table, while neighbouring countries such as Indonesia and