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- Expert Opinion
A recent policy brief by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies, titled “Indonesia’s Strategies for Joining the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement”, outlines potential contents of the ASEAN Digital Economic Framework Agreement (DEFA) by examining relevant elements of the digital economy from existing agreements.
— Commentary
A recent policy brief by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies, titled “Indonesia’s Strategies for Joining the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement”, outlines potential contents of the ASEAN Digital Economic Framework Agreement (DEFA) by examining relevant elements of the digital economy from existing agreements.
This report is a landscape study providing an overview of the current sandbox initiatives in the SEA-6.
— TFGI Reports
This report is a landscape study providing an overview of the current sandbox initiatives in the SEA-6.
The pandemic-driven subscription services and on-demand applications redefined the meaning of convenience in our daily lives. As business models evolve, collaboration between innovators and policymakers becomes more crucial. This article discusses the importance of balancing business innovation and consumer protection for a sustainable and equitable future for everyone.
— Export Opinion
The pandemic-driven subscription services and on-demand applications redefined the meaning of convenience in our daily lives. As business models evolve, collaboration between innovators and policymakers becomes more crucial. This article discusses the importance of balancing business innovation and consumer protection for a sustainable and equitable future for everyone.
The Institute’s latest report synthesises insights from the 10th ASEAN Economic Dialogue: Unpacking ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement.
The Institute’s latest report synthesises insights from the 10th ASEAN Economic Dialogue: Unpacking ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement.
Regulatory sandboxes play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, and Malaysia has established several sandbox initiatives as part of a concerted effort to promote innovation and address regulatory challenges. In this article, Farlina Said from the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia provides insights into Malaysia’s regulatory sandbox landscape and the obstacles they face.
— Export Opinion
Regulatory sandboxes play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, and Malaysia has established several sandbox initiatives as part of a concerted effort to promote innovation and address regulatory challenges. In this article, Farlina Said from the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia provides insights into Malaysia’s regulatory sandbox landscape and the obstacles they face.
This paper provides an overview of “who” are regulators of Southeast Asia’s digital economy.
— TFGI Reports
This paper provides an overview of “who” are regulators of Southeast Asia’s digital economy.
This article explores how digital innovations such as AI, 5G, and IoT can boost the Philippines’ development goals at the intersection of technology and policy. It examines the impact of digital financial services on the underbanked, challenges posed by outdated regulations, and the potential benefits of regulatory sandboxes in promoting inclusive economic growth.
— Export Opinion
This article explores how digital innovations such as AI, 5G, and IoT can boost the Philippines’ development goals at the intersection of technology and policy. It examines the impact of digital financial services on the underbanked, challenges posed by outdated regulations, and the potential benefits of regulatory sandboxes in promoting inclusive economic growth.
What should the next phase of Southeast Asia’s growth look like? Launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2023, this report highlights the challenges and opportunities for collaborative action to drive inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth across the region.
— TFGI Reports
What should the next phase of Southeast Asia’s growth look like? Launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2023, this report highlights the challenges and opportunities for collaborative action to drive inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth across the region.
TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.
— TFGI Insights
TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.
Leveraging the promise of technology to advance inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth
While technology continues to turbocharge Southeast Asia’s growth and development, the reality is that it is also transforming our economies and societies in fundamental and unprecedented ways. We know little yet about how these profound changes may require adaptations in our economic, social, political and economic systems.
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Programme Fellow
Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.
Dr Ming Tan is founding Executive Director for the Tech for Good Institute, a non-profit founded to catalyse research and collaboration on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business and society, including sustainability and innovation.
Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, which supports Singapore’s future growth as a global innovation hub for intellectual property creation, commercialisation and management. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group and the founding Executive Director of COMO Foundation, a grantmaker focused on gender equity that has served over 47 million women and girls since 2003.
As a company director, she lends brand and strategic guidance to several companies within the COMO Group. Ming also serves as a Council Member of the Council for Board Diversity, on the boards of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.
In the non-profit, educational and government spheres, Ming is a director of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) and chairs the Asia Advisory board for Swiss hospitality business and management school EHL. She also serves on the Council for Board Diversity and the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.
Ming was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.