A vast number of countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific can integrate into a community that can benefit each other, said Professor Jeffrey D Sachs, chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Sachs told the 17th Asian Financial Forum on Jan 24 in Hong Kong that countries and groups better look at things in the next one or two decades rather than only focusing on short-term competition.
He said he hopes the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the African Union (AU) and other groups will be able to come…
