{"id":53818,"date":"2023-02-01T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=53818"},"modified":"2023-01-31T18:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:54:38","slug":"ph-finance-chief-calls-for-stronger-regional-cooperation-among-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/02\/01\/ph-finance-chief-calls-for-stronger-regional-cooperation-among-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"PH finance chief calls for stronger regional cooperation among ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaking before leading multi-national companies in the Southeast Asian region, Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno called for stronger regional cooperation, saying, &#8220;We believe international cooperation is key to equitable progress and shared prosperity, with Southeast Asia being an important node of growth for the global economy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speech was made via pre-recorded video by Secretary Diokno, one of the guest speakers at the prestigious 2022 International Business Review (IBR) ASEAN Awards held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a global economic downtrend looming, a strong US dollar, a COVID-19 surge in China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the former central bank governor believes that the region can withstand all these external shocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary Diokno mentioned that healthy competition among organizations across the region can serve as a breeding ground for innovative thinking and pioneering solutions. &#8220;Over the long term, we envision an Asian economic community that will provide a strong driver for growth within the region and beyond,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Business Review ASEAN Awards is one of Southeast Asia&#8217;s most esteemed corporate awards ceremonies that honors organizations and leaders who have excelled in their performance while showcasing the best of the region&#8217;s public and private sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It gathers leading companies in the ASEAN to celebrate and honor milestones achieved in uplifting their countries&#8217; profiles in the region. This year&#8217;s winners were feted for successfully navigating the various crises posed by the pandemic and emerging stronger than before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a global economic downtrend looming, a strong US dollar, a COVID-19 surge in China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the former central bank governor believes that the region can withstand all these external shocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-53818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}