Asia Perspectives by Economist Impact

In the first of the three-part Threat Assessment 2022 podcast series, supported by WSO2, we speak with two experts in digital finance, Usman Ahmed, head of global public policy at PayPal, and Caecilia Chu, co-founder and CEO of YouTrip, to discuss the rising competition and collaboration in the financial sector.This episode is co-hosted by Michael Frank, manager, policy & insights, and Yuwen Xiong, analyst, policy & insights at Economist Impact.Visit impact.economist.com/projects/digital-competition-in-global-finance/ for more content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode of the Healthcare Redefined series, we explore how two advanced healthcare systems in the Asia Pacific region, Australia and Singapore, are driving digital transformation to ensure patient centred care is at the heart of the healthcare services.Speakers include: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, the founding director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation and director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science at Macquarie University in SydneyDr Loke Wai Chiong, head of integrated health promotion and clinical director of programmes, MOH Office of Healthcare Transformation, SingaporeAiling Sim Devadas, founding co- chair of the SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network, a patient group in SingaporeModerated by Elizabeth Sukkar, senior research manager, global health, Policy and Insights, Economist ImpactFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips: Global Future Health Index report: https://www.philips.com.au/a-w/about/news/future-health-index/reports/2022/healthcare-hits-reset Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is green and sustainable chemistry and can it be the solution to marine chemical pollution? What role can the private sector play? How can the circular economy accelerate the transition to safer and less hazardous chemicals?Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact discusses the responses to chemical pollution with Joel Tickner, professor of public health at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Professor Tickner is also the founder and executive director at the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council. Follow the Back to Blue series for more podcast episodes, or visit backtoblueinitiative.com for more content. Back to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact speaks to Pascal Lamy, president of the Paris Peace Forum, and Naoko Ishii, director at the Centre for the Global Commons at University of Tokyo, about marine chemical pollution in a broader context. Is chemical pollution a key anthropogenic challenge on a par with climate change and biodiversity loss? Why do we need to include chemical pollution as a broad set of global environmental challenges? Are we already at a tipping point? Relevant content: Report | The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the oceanData story | Chemicals and our oceans: A gathering crisisVideo | The Invisible WaveBack to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now for Next Podcast #4: Advancing inclusion in India - episode sponsored by Google Host Charles Ross, principal, policy and insights at Economist Impact speaks to Adwaita Nayar, co-founder of Nykaa & CEO of Nykaa Fasion, and Rahul De, professor of information systems at IIM Bangalore, about the importance of advancing digital inclusion in India.For more content on Now for Next, visit nowfornext.in Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now for Next Podcast #3: Expanding digital access - episode sponsored by Google In this episode, host Charles Ross, principal, policy and insights at Economist Impact speaks to Vidit Aatrey, co-founder and CEO at Meesho, and Kushe Bahl, partner at McKinsey, about expanding access to digital technology in India.For more content on Now for Next, visit nowfornext.in Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second podcast of this series, we look at the extraordinary number of chemicals that have been created, produced and in use, what inventories exist on these chemicals, how much we know about their toxicity and potential for harm, and how well they are regulated. We’ll also explore the legislative, regulatory and other interventions needed to better manage, reduce and prevent chemical pollution. This episode is hosted by Charles Goddard, editorial director at The Economist Group, he is joined by Dr Zhanyun Wang, scientist at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, and a leading thinker on this issue.To learn more, watch Dead zones: how chemical pollution is suffocating the sea, or listen to other Back to Blue podcasts.Back to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Goddard, editorial director at The Economist Group speaks to two experts about the scope and scale of the problem of chemical pollution in the ocean, and asks how worried we should be about the impact of chemical pollution on ocean life and ecosystems, and human health. The guest speakers are:Elsie Sunderland, the Gordon McKay professor of environmental chemistry, and professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard UniversityAlex Rogers, director of science at REV Ocean, a privately funded research and expedition vessel, and visiting professor at Oxford UniversityThis is the first of a series of podcasts on chemical pollution under the Back to Blue initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.Relevant content:World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific on-demandOther Back to Blue podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fast-moving space of crypto and digital currencies took another sudden but not entirely unexpected turn recently when the Chinese government moved to ban Bitcoin—but then didn't entirely. To shed more insight on the situation, we invited Angie Lau, founder and CEO of Forkast.News, to join the podcast and explain the nuance and implications. Ms Lau is a long-time financial news veteran in Asia and regularly speaks with blockchain entrepreneurs, traditional investment leads and financial market regulators. Listen in to what she's learned.This episode is hosted by Jason Wincuinas at Economist Impact, he heads up our regional finance research in Asia. Relevant content:Digimentality 2021: Digital currency from fear to inflectionPodcast | RMB to CBDC: Implications of China's digital currency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fact or fiction: Overcoming health misinformation - episode sponsored by GoogleIn this episode, Jason Wincuinas speaks to Masato Kajimoto, Associate Professor, at Hong Kong University in The Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and award-winning journalist Syed Nazakat, founder and CEO of DataLEADS, a digital media and information initiative, and founder of ‘Health Analytics Asia’, about the spread of misinformation in Asia and ways to combat it.Related content: Fact or fiction: Overcoming health misinformation articleExplainer video Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.