Lecture series
Southeast Asia in the world
How Southeast Asia compares with East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa on income, finance, household debt and payments, using the same international measures. Six lessons.
6 of 6 lessons published. Lesson 1 is free to read.
Listen to this course
Now playing
Press play to start
- 01Why and how to compare regionsA figure for one market means little on its own. Set against neighbours and other regions, on the same measure, definition and year, it starts to say something. This lesson covers the datasets built for such comparisons and the traps in regional averages.
- 02Income, growth and populationHow many people live in Southeast Asia, how rich the region is per person, and how fast income has grown, set against the other regions of the world on the same World Bank measures.
- 03Financial depth and access: credit, accounts and borrowingHow much credit an economy carries, and how many adults use financial services, are two different questions. This lesson compares Southeast Asia with other regions on both, and looks at where people borrow when they borrow.
- 04Household debt and the cost of creditHow much households owe, set against the size of the economy, and what they pay to borrow. This lesson places Southeast Asia against other economies on the IMF's household debt data and explains why lending rates are hard to compare.
- 05Digital payments and public infrastructureHow many adults pay digitally, which public systems carry their payments, and what it costs to send money across borders, with Southeast Asia set against other regions.
- 06What the comparison means for a lenderThe first five lessons set Southeast Asia beside other regions. This lesson turns those comparisons into the questions a lender asks about a market, and shows how two markets with different profiles raise different risks.
Quiz and certificate 9 questions; those on lesson 1 are free to try. Read every published lesson and score 80% or more for a certificate of completion.
Take the quizHousehold indicators by market →Household finances: prices, rates and wages, and what borrowers can repay →All courses →