AI at Work: Is Asia Pacific Leading the Way?
As businesses across the globe adopt and experiment with AI, Asia Pacific has pulled ahead. Seventy-eight percent of overall respondents in a recent APAC survey say they use AI at work at least weekly, compared to 72% worldwide.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/ai-at-work-is-asia-pacific-leading-the-way
Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment for Greater Impact
Growing development needs are facing shrinking budgets. Social impact ecosystem experiences increasing pressure to deliver more with less, while also facing growing sensitivities on gender-related projects. Rather than pulling back, this moment presents an opportunity: systematically integrating a gender lens across development programs offers a powerful but underused lever to enhance impact.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/main ...
Singapore’s bold bets: Shaping Asia’s next act
Over the past 60 years, the city-state has transformed itself from a small trading port into a global powerhouse, with the rise of industries like manufacturing and financial services, and real GDP growing at an average of 7 percent annually—among the world’s fastest.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/singapores-bold-bets-shaping-asias-next-act
The AI-First Consumer Products Company
For consumer products (CP) companies, AI is not optional. It’s already everywhere around them.
About 20% of decisions in the typical consumer’s journey are influenced by large language models. AI agents are redefining how consumers discover, evaluate, and purchase products.
Retailers are investing heavily in AI in merchandizing, procurement, pricing, and promotion. CP companies need to invest to keep up with these customers.
https://www.bcg.com/publications ...
Trade Breakthrough Ahead: Indonesia–EU CEPA
Nearly nine years since talks first began, Indonesia and the European Union are finally on the verge of concluding the Indonesia–EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA). The free trade agreement, which has gone through 19 rounds of negotiations, is now in its final stage, with both parties expecting a formal conclusion by the end of June 2025.
https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/trade-breakthrough-ahead-indonesia-eu-cepa/
