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Published work

Bangladesh’s HBRI-DESH handover marks an implementation step, not proof of rollout

UN condemnation of Kyauktaw strike sharpens the gap between incident reporting and accountability on Myanmar

World Bank puts new Bangkok chief over Thailand and Myanmar, but Thailand strategy is still a plan until approvals and financing are documented

Fiji's ADB package links policy reform with readiness for the next emergency

Thailand's rubber-sector training puts worker participation at the centre of prevention

Indonesia's green-tourism stories call for three different measures of progress

Indonesia's fiscal reform puts the connection between national systems and local services under scrutiny

ADB's blue-economy initiative gives its ASEAN funding pledge a clearer shape

ASEAN's customs agenda connects several different border tasks

EU rejects South Ossetia vote, but its response still runs through old conflict channels

Singapore and Canada begin framework talks alongside an existing regional trade negotiation

Public data sharing needs a maintenance budget and someone responsible for it

Reading ASEAN’s $2 trillion digital ambition through a small business transaction

The Philippines flood grant is a financing step, not a delivery receipt

The high seas treaty turns attention to the evidence behind protected-area proposals

South Asia’s smaller school cohorts call for more precise budget planning

The UNGA multilateralism summit starts as a coalition, not an institution

Why a revised poverty estimate is different from a change in living standards

The EU’s OSCE gender statement puts leadership and nominations under scrutiny

What an abstention changes in a UN Security Council vote

How quality scores change the economics of a public contract