Dialogue for Innovative and Sustainable Growth between Japan and ASEAN (DISG): “The Next Chapter of ASEAN and Japan Economic Cooperation in the Post-Pandemic Era”
January 10, 2022
FPCI CEO Forum: “With H.E. Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coordinator Minister of Maritime and Investment”
January 27, 2022Following the success of the first seven lectures of the Southeast Asia Lecture Hall on International Relations by Prof. Amitav Acharya, on Political Science by Prof. Akihiko Tanaka, on Peace Studies by President José Ramos-Horta, on Building Regional Architecture by H.E. Yamada Takio, on International Relations by H.E. Chan Heng Chee, on International Economics by Prof. Takatoshi Ito, and on Security Studies by Sidney Jones, we organized an 8th lecture: on Business in Southeast Asia by Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines (2010-2016). The lecture was delivered on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.
Date: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Time: 08.00 – 10.00 GMT+7
Platform: Zoom Meetings & Youtube Livestream
Speaker: Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines (2010-2016)
Moderator: Dr Pinitbhand Paribatra, Associate Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
E – look East
ASEAN is in the east. In fact, ASEAN has been the driving force of Asian Economic growth together with China in the past fifty years. There are three obvious reasons why to look east: 1) the leapfrogging population, 2) habit of bringing western technology and making the best use of this in the east, 3) benefits from the geopolitical issues between the US-China trade. On the other hand, RCEP also opens a new opportunity as it is also focusing on e-commerce.
D – drive Digital transformation
ASEAN added 40 million new internet users in 2021, meaning 75% of Southeast Asia now are online. Before the pandemic, there were only 290 million customers. So, e-commerce is really enjoying robust growth in the region in practically all segments. Not only that, digital financial systems like banks are going strong into digital commerce. Those all are caused by the digital transformation that occurs. Hence, the development of digital transformation is a big opportunity for the post-pandemic world.
G – go Green
As ASEAN is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, we must work togetherto become an agent for change in terms of minimizing the effects of climate change. We must also look at climate change as a business opportunity to drive economic growth for post-pandemic and keep the increase of temperature to 1.5 degrees is upwards of 23 trillion dollars. Hence, the government alone cannot do that. That is why we must look at climate change, the climate change risk as an opportunity, as a potential driver for growth.
E – be Entrepreneurial
For all of the aforementioned opportunities to become a reality, we need to change our mindset to a more entrepreneurial mindset
Following the success of the first seven lectures of the Southeast Asia Lecture Hall on International Relations by Prof. Amitav Acharya, on Political Science by Prof. Akihiko Tanaka, on Peace Studies by President José Ramos-Horta, on Building Regional Architecture by H.E. Yamada Takio, on International Relations by H.E. Chan Heng Chee, on International Economics by Prof. Takatoshi Ito, and on Security Studies by Sidney Jones, we organized an 8th lecture: on Business in Southeast Asia by Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines (2010-2016). The lecture was delivered on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.