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Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?

October 31, 2021

Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they can be sure that our region will be in the spotlight: many of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are ... <a title="Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/op-ed-is-asia-and-the-pacific-ready-for-the-global-climate-stage/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Global Housing Crisis, Human Rights, and Entitlement Finance

October 7, 2021

Analysis by Keith Rankin. This last week I watched Push: The Global Housing Crisis on Al Jazeera, featuring Leilani Farha, Canadian lawyer and former United Nations special rapporteur on adequate housing. She is now leader of The Shift (the global movement to secure the human right to housing). The central takeaway from this ‘Witness’ documentary ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Global Housing Crisis, Human Rights, and Entitlement Finance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/keith-rankin-analysis-global-housing-crisis-human-rights-and-entitlement-finance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Global Housing Crisis, Human Rights, and Entitlement Finance">Read more</a>

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Op-ED – Digital equity for all ages

September 30, 2021

Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place against the backdrop of the accelerating Fourth Industrial Revolution. But COVID-19, with its ... <a title="Op-ED – Digital equity for all ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/op-ed-digital-equity-for-all-ages/" aria-label="Read more about Op-ED – Digital equity for all ages">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Wage Subsidy still transferring massive wealth to the rich?

September 25, 2021

Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Over $15 billion dollars has been transferred to businesses by the Government via the Wage Subsidy Scheme since Covid hit in 2020. The scheme has turned out to be effective at both keeping businesses afloat and enriching the already wealthy. Now that the scheme is back in operation, and because it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Wage Subsidy still transferring massive wealth to the rich?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-the-wage-subsidy-still-transferring-massive-wealth-to-the-rich/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Wage Subsidy still transferring massive wealth to the rich?">Read more</a>

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Opinion by Chris Leitch – Return to orthodoxy the last thing we need

July 31, 2021

Opinion by Chris Leitch, Leader of Social Credit party. As the Reserve Bank winds down its money creation programme (Quantitative Easing) some economists and commentators are calling for a return to orthodoxy – as if the economic regime that was being followed in the run up to 2020 was somehow delivering better results for the ... <a title="Opinion by Chris Leitch – Return to orthodoxy the last thing we need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/opinion-by-chris-leitch-return-to-orthodoxy-the-last-thing-we-need/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion by Chris Leitch – Return to orthodoxy the last thing we need">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s sacrificing of the poor

July 28, 2021

Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson like to think of themselves as leftwing politicians. So why aren’t they prioritising and championing the vulnerable at the bottom of society? Since Covid hit they have chosen economic policies that benefit the rich while pushing more into poverty. Increasing inequality was thrown into stark relief ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s sacrificing of the poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-sacrificing-of-the-poor/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s sacrificing of the poor">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Inflation Fears, Bullshit Costs, and Inappropriate Policy

July 16, 2021

Analysis by Keith Rankin. It is true that New Zealand – and the rest of the world – now faces substantial inflation pressure. As the 2020s unfold, the biggest macroeconomic story – as in the 1920s after World War 1 – is likely to be about how we address these pressures in a context of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Inflation Fears, Bullshit Costs, and Inappropriate Policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/16/keith-rankin-analysis-inflation-fears-bullshit-costs-and-inappropriate-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Inflation Fears, Bullshit Costs, and Inappropriate Policy">Read more</a>

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OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind

July 12, 2021

Joint Op-Ed By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, and Bambang Susantono If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation. Ensuring the digital transformation reaches all in Asia Pacific ... <a title="OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/op-ed-combating-covid-19-and-ensuring-no-one-is-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind">Read more</a>

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Op-Ed: Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific

June 28, 2021

Joint Op-Ed by: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, Omar Abdi. With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for loved ones, the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that has swept across South Asia has felt surreal. Official figures have indicated record-breaking daily coronavirus cases and deaths, ... <a title="Op-Ed: Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/op-ed-universal-civil-registration-and-vital-statistics-are-critical-for-truth-trust-and-covid-recovery-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>

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ER LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point?

June 2, 2021

A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, where they analyse the Australia-China-New Zealand relationship. Has this reached a tipping-point? Also, Israel. How stable will this cobbled together coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties be? What are the main take-away points from the New Zealand-Australia leaders bilateral meeting this week? AU PM Scott ... <a title="ER LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/scheduled-live-manning-and-buchanan-on-australia-nz-china-is-this-the-tipping-point/" aria-label="Read more about ER LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point?">Read more</a>