Thailand Economic Monitor / Private sector research / Philippines CG standards

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Thailand Economic Monitor January 2020: Productivity for Prosperity.  “Policy recommendations to boost productivity in Thailand could focus on: (i) increasing openness; (ii) enhancing competition in the domestic economy; and (iii) promoting a stronger eco-system for firm innovation.”

World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/thailand/publication/thailand-economic-monitor-productivity-for-prosperity

 

Call for applications - funding for research on corruption in the private sector.  The research funded will supplement the ACE Research Consortium’s core evidence-based research on feasible and high impact anti-corruption strategies in the private sector, with a strong gender focus. Deadline for applications: 13 March 2020.

School of Oriental and African Studies Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOAS-ACE) Consortium: https://ace.soas.ac.uk/competitive-call-2020/

 

SEC tightens corporate governance standards.  “The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [of the Philippines] has tightened its corporate governance standards, widening its net to cover public companies and registered users…companies that issue proprietary or non-proprietary shares or certificates, issues equity securities to the public that are not listed in an exchange, or issues debt securities to the public that are required to be registered with the SEC, whether or not listed in an exchange.”

Iris Gonzales/The Philippine Star: https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/01/27/1987968/sec-tightens-corporate-governance-standards

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