Tan Kway Guan is a Research Associate and Principal Project Manager at the Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Kway Guan graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Master of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce, double major in Economics. He is currently the project coordinator for the Annual Competitiveness Analysis and Development Strategies for ASEAN 10 Economies. His recent studies include labour quality in ASEAN, welfare spending and fiscal sustainability and the impact of COVID-19 on the economies of ASEAN, Hong Kong and Taiwan. His research interests include development economics and applied econometrics.