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The Southeast Asia Aid Map showing international expenditure and committed development finance to the region from 2015-23

SEA turns to China as Western aid retreats – Lowy report

8 min read Lowy Institute, development finance, Western aid cuts, China, ADB, World Bank, Lowy Institute’s 2025 Southeast Asia Aid Map, Germany, Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail, Kyaukphyu Deep Sea Port project, China-Myanmar Economic Corridor framework, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, ODF, Laos, The US, The UK, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Singapore, Malayasia, South Korea, East Coast Rail Link

A new Lowy Institute report shows how Western aid cuts and rising loans from China, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank are reshaping development finance across Southeast Asia.

ASEAN economies should look to CEE to escape middle-income trap - ex-finance minister

ASEAN economies should look to CEE to escape middle-income trap - ex-finance minister

4 min read Bambang Brodjonegoro, ADBI, ASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, CEE, FDI, EU, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, China, Japan, South Korea, World Bank, Prabowo Subianto, Nikkei Asia, Nickel, middle-income trap, steel

Bambang Brodjonegoro, dean of the ADB’s Tokyo-based think tank, said Southeast Asia’s largest middle-income economies are at risk of long-term stagnation as demographic advantages fade and productivity growth stalls.