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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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Thailand’s wealth gap is a competition problem

  • Dr. Itsakul Unahakate,

Thailand needs stronger competition rules, but that alone will not create market contestability. The harder task is tackle who gets to compete and accumulate wealth.

Rethinking World Bank Influence: Governance Reforms and the Ritual Aid Dance in Indonesia by D. Brent Edwards Jr

  • Professor Andrew Rosser,

An important contribution to our understanding of the Bank’s role in the politics of governance reform in the Global South, especially in education.

WEBINAR: What does Southeast Asia want from Australia?

Amid great power competition between China and the US, will Australia deepen its engagement with Southeast Asia?

What does Southeast Asia want from Australia?

  • Melissa Conley Tyler and Sarah Allan,

The region wants Australia to be a stabiliser, not a destabiliser.

WEBINAR: Asian states and their diasporas

China India and Indonesia are increasingly seeing the huge potential of their diasporas for economic development.