GDP PPP of any country reflects the overall purchasing power and cost of living, offering a clearer picture of a nation's economic reality. And when it comes to Asia, everyone knows how its economy is ...

How the economic pressures brought on by the fuel shocks due to the war in the Middle East affect the poorest in Southeast ...

MANILA, May 1 (Reuters) - Fe Capco and her five children live in a shack with no running water along a dirt track in eastern Manila. She earns about $100 a month washing clothes and her husband used ...

UNDP warns West Asia conflict could push 2.5 million people in India into poverty, impacting human development and livelihoods.

(Recasts, adds India, China, Cambodia, U.N. comment) By Andrew Hay MADRID, May 4 (Reuters) - Soaring food prices may throw millions of people back into poverty in Asia and undo a decade of gains, ...

The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that ...