Issue Converting capital momentum into sustained growth turns on workforce talent and public governance

Summary

This issue concerns what it will take for Southeast Asia's growth markets to turn current capital momentum into lasting growth. The report names Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam as well placed to seize opportunities created by shifting global capital trends. Their advantages are strong economic fundamentals, expanding financial sectors and dynamic innovation economies. Yet the report sets a condition: they must invest in workforce talent and strengthen public governance. How well they do so will decide whether today's momentum becomes sustained and inclusive growth, and governance is exactly where the group's peer comparison shows weakness.