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Cambodia dreams of an oil gushing bonanza

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30-Apr-19 Cambodia has announced it will begin to extract oil, representing a potential rich new source of energy and revenue. Extraction is expected to begin by the end of 2019 from the "Apsara" oil field in the Gulf of Thailand. [image: KrisEnergy / Facebook]

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Lazada, Mastercard to empower Southeast Asian e-commerce

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25-Mar-19 Online shopping platform Lazada and Mastercard announced a five-year partnership to develop Southeast Asia's e-commerce ecosystem. The duo will develop marketing and education campaigns to increase consumer confidence, as well as reward schemes to incentivise use of digital payments. [image: Mastercard Newsroom]

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Education and investment identify countries with growth potential

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22-Mar-19 In countries where more than half the workforce have upper secondary education there is a strong positive relationship between capital investment and productivity. Seven countries with well educated populations and low fixed capital per worker are investing above average in fixed capital, and therefore look to be opportunity markets. Conversely there are eight countries which have a good standard of education but are not investing enough to fully leverage it in future. [image: Global Demographics Ltd]

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