The COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by social distancing regulations in many countries. At a first glance, such regulations seem to harm residents’ networking, their volunteering, trust, cohesion building activities, etc. which are important facets of social capital. In this study, we...

There is an unprecedented growth among wide range of stakeholder's attention to environmental and social performance, and disclosure by companies. People within a community are worried about natural resources, air and water pollution, as well as low income-tier group of the community. Companies...

This paper shows that the realization of Singapore’s vision of “active citizenship†and “state-society partnershipâ€, to a significant extent, depends on how social capital is being created and renewed in Singapore’s evolving political landscape.[Working Paper 9]

Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...