Southeast Asia has made significant economic progress over the past two decades, reducing poverty and raising living standards. Yet governments in the region now face a new set of interconnected challenges, including the impacts of climate change, pressures on public finances and upgrading public services for the digital age .
Join us for the launch of Government at a Glance: Southeast Asia 2025 for an overview of public governance systems across the region, with a practical focus on areas where governments can strengthen performance to better serve the public.
Journalists are invited to follow the event virtually from 08:00 WIB Western Indonesian Time (01:00 UTC) with speakers including:
- František Ružička, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
- Scott Morris, Vice-President for East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, ADB
- Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, OECD
- Rini Widyantini, Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, Republic of Indonesia
Journalists can request an advance copy of Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2025, thereby undertaking to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures, by emailing embargo@oecd.org. Advance copies will be sent out 24 hours before the launch.
For more information, journalists should contact Johanna Gleeson of the OECD Media Office.
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