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    {
      "heading": "Staff and Editorial Team",
      "content": "- Gita Bhatt, Editor-In-Chief\n- Nicholas Owen, Managing Editor\n- Andreas Adriano, Senior Editor\n- Jeff Kearns, Senior Editor\n- Peter J. Walker, Senior Editor\n- Andrew Stanley, Assistant Editor\n- Bruce Edwards, Multimedia Content\n- Melinda Weir, Production Manager\n- Marta Doroszczyk, Digital Marketing\n- Natalia Venegas Figueroa, Digital Marketing\n- Kwabena Akuamoah-Boateng, Social Media Editor"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Featured September 2026 themes and pieces",
      "content": "- Economic growth\n  - \"Thriving in a Fragmented World\" — BEN BLAND (September 2026)\n  - \"China’s Emerging Economic Engine\" — YANLIANG MIAO (topic note: technology-led model requires more balanced growth)\n- Development\n  - \"Why Development Feels Harder\" — MUHAMAD CHATIB BASRI (September 2026)\n  - Subtopic: Precarious employment and rising expectations fueling frustration across emerging economies\n- Debt\n  - \"Japan’s Debt Beyond the Headlines\" — RAHUL ANAND and SHUJAAT KHAN (September 2026)\n  - Subtopic: Context makes all the difference in evaluating fiscal prospects\n- International trade\n  - \"A World Seeking Balance\" — MANASA PATNAM (September 2026)\n  - Subtopic: Surpluses and deficits reflect deeper choices about saving and investment across interconnected economies\n- Asia-focused analysis\n  - \"What Asia Brings to the Table\" — TAN SU SHAN (topic note: Advanced manufacturing, trade, technology, and wealth creation give the region powerful advantages)\n  - \"AI and the Informal Economy\" — ANTHONY TAN (topic note: Southeast Asia shows how to extend benefits to millions outside the formal economy)\n- Fintech\n  - \"From Speed to Trust in Digital Payments\" — SETHAPUT SUTHIWARTNARUEPUT (September 2026)\n  - Subtopic: Asia’s impressive technological progress must now meet the challenge of building trust"
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    {
      "heading": "Multimedia and special formats",
      "content": "- Podcast\n  - \"Ha-Joon Chang on Infant Industry Protection\" — HA-JOON CHANG (Economic growth | Podcast)\n  - Note: The podcast discusses South Korea’s transformation from an agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse and Chang’s experience of that \"economic miracle.\""
    },
    {
      "heading": "Topics and editorial focus areas (as reflected by articles)",
      "content": "- Economic growth and geopolitical fragmentation\n- Development challenges: labor market precarity and rising expectations in emerging economies\n- Fiscal and debt analysis with country-specific context (Japan)\n- International trade balances and macroeconomic choices\n- Asia’s role in manufacturing, trade, technology, and wealth creation\n- The intersection of AI, digital payments, fintech, and the informal economy\n- Multimedia engagement including podcast interviews with economists"
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    "Nicholas Owen, Managing Editor",
    "Andreas Adriano, Senior Editor",
    "Jeff Kearns, Senior Editor",
    "Peter J. Walker, Senior Editor",
    "Andrew Stanley, Assistant Editor",
    "Bruce Edwards, Multimedia Content",
    "Melinda Weir, Production Manager",
    "Marta Doroszczyk, Digital Marketing",
    "Natalia Venegas Figueroa, Digital Marketing",
    "Kwabena Akuamoah-Boateng, Social Media Editor",
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    "Development",
    "Debt",
    "International trade",
    "Asia-focused analysis",
    "Fintech",
    "Podcast",
    "Economic growth and geopolitical fragmentation",
    "Development challenges: labor market precarity and rising expectations in emerging economies",
    "Fiscal and debt analysis with country-specific context (Japan)",
    "International trade balances and macroeconomic choices",
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