Entrepreneurship

Taxing e-commerce in Indonesia

Perhaps one of the most widely discussed challenges that comes with a growing global e-commerce sector is the challenge of taxing that industry.

15 October 2018
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Alleviating poverty with microfinancing

Much has been written about the importance of financial inclusion for rural communities in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. The benefits are obvious even to armchair economists.

27 July 2018
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Vietnam relies on Facebook to kick-start businesses

Quang Dang built a business with 200 staff selling lipstick and perfume. His secret to success? Once-banned Facebook.Like a growing number of Vietnamese, the 25-year-old turned to Facebook to put money in his pocket as getting his own physical shop proved out of reach. With just 223 dollars in savings, the high school educated entrepreneur got his start hawking cosmetics to friends on the social network.Vietnam has a complicated relationship with the social network.

8 November 2017
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