Like its neighbour Thailand, Malaysia has a pretty respectable record when it comes to social housing.

Social welfare is a matter close to the Vietnamese nation’s collective heart.

Sri Lanka is rightly nicknamed the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. A tropical paradise with lush forests, deserted sandy beaches and a fascinating blend of cultures, the island has been a magnet for tourists and traders alike for centuries.

In Cambodia, middle-income earners are classed as anyone who earns between $500 and $2,000 a month, which is similar to saying that middle-income earners in the UK make between £1,000 and £4,000 a month.

As any businessperson in Mongolia will tell you, the country’s economy is driven by mining and foreign investment. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is so important that the GDP growth has risen and fallen largely with the rise and fall of FDI. Even during the 2008 global financial crisis, GDP growth recovered fairly quickly because FDI did not drop too much.