WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - African countries are less likely to follow East Asia's development model of expanding manufacturing to pull people out of poverty, according to a study that shows a ...

Singapore has launched a S$70m (US$52m) initiative to build research and engineering capabilities in multimodal large language models (LLMs), including the development of Southeast Asia’s first LLM.

In East and Southeast Asia, democracy must be understood within the region’s unique political, historical and economic contexts. While liberal values are present, many citizens prioritise stability, ...

Strangely enough, the literature on “state capacity” – including that on industrial policy and on the entrepreneurial state – says very little about the people who staff the higher ranks of the state.

In a world marked by great power competition but striving for global development, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) development model has garnered significant attention. But can the development ...

In December 2023, Singapore launched a S$70m (US$52m) initiative to build research and engineering capabilities in multimodal large language models (LLMs), including the development of Sea-Lion ...

A new research initiative is underway to build a large language model (LLM) that better meets the demographics of Southeast Asian nations. Dubbed the National Multimodal LLM Programme, the initiative ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...