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Southeast Asia in the Crosshairs: Navigating Trump’s Protectionist Trade Policies

Deborah Kay Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation, explores the immediate and potential long-term challenges posed by President Trump’s tariff agenda, highlighting the precarious position of Southeast Asian nations.

— Expert Opinion

Southeast Asia in the Crosshairs: Navigating Trump’s Protectionist Trade Policies

— TFGI Resources

Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery

Digital platforms across Southeast Asia (SEA) have transformed from basic transaction facilitators into integral components of national digital infrastructure. This shift presents significant opportunities for governments to enhance policy implementation and public service delivery.

— TFGI Resources

Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery

— Expert Opinion

From Passive Awareness to Active Resilience against Scams

As online scams become a growing concern across Asia Pacific (APAC), Abhishek Roy, a UX researcher at Google and Founder of ShieldUp!, explores the growing scam crisis, current limitations in traditional scam prevention and recommendations to build stronger digital resilience.

— Expert Opinion

From Passive Awareness to Active Resilience against Scams

— TFGI Resources

The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia

The rapid pace of technological advancement and business model innovation is fundamentally transforming the nature of work across Southeast Asia (SEA). In response, the Tech For Good Institute (TFGI) is launching a platform to convene policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders in a series of discussions on New Models of Work. These insights will help shape a sustainable and inclusive future of work in the region.

— TFGI Resources

The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia

— Expert Opinion

Digital Platforms for the future: Advancing Policy Implementation in Southeast Asia

As Southeast Asia’s digital platforms become integral to daily life, this article explores how governments can partner with these platforms to enhance public service delivery, improve policy outcomes, and build inclusive, agile governance systems for the digital age.

— Expert Opinion

Digital Platforms for the future: Advancing Policy Implementation in Southeast Asia

— Research, TFGI Reports

Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation

How can Southeast Asia harness digital innovation to drive inclusive and sustainable growth? Supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 (ATxSG), this report explores the region’s opportunity to capitalise on its digital momentum to advance sustainable development.

— Research, TFGI Reports

Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation

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Unlocking the Digital Potential of ASEAN’s Small Businesses

The rapid development of Southeast Asia’s digital economy is affecting MSMEs. This article highlights their efforts to adapt to technological advancements and explains how innovative, community-focused digital skills training programmes—such as Go Digital ASEAN—are helping them to realise their full potential. These initiatives promote financial inclusion, strengthen resilience, and drive innovation across the region.

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Unlocking the Digital Potential of ASEAN’s Small Businesses

— TFGI Reports

A Framework for Confident Digital Society

This working paper by the Tech for Good Institute proposes an initial conceptual framework on how to enable a Confident Digital Society.

— TFGI Reports

A Framework for Confident Digital Society

This working paper by the Tech for Good Institute proposes an initial conceptual framework on how to enable a Confident Digital Society.

— TFGI Insights

Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

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

Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

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.

We have only scratched the surface in understanding the impact of technology in a complex region like Southeast Asia, and much more can be done to enrich our collective knowledge and engage in meaningful discussions on the topic.

The Tech for Good Institute is creating dialogue, research and communities to harness the promise of technology and its full potential to uplift lives in Southeast Asia. We are a non-profit founded by Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp.