RCEP Was Launched with High Hopes. Here Is How We Can Achieve Them
We need to work across borders to ensure that the benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership are enjoyed by everyone.
We need to work across borders to ensure that the benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership are enjoyed by everyone.
Steven Beck, the Head of ADB’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, answers questions about the trade finance gap in Asia and around the world, based on ADB’s Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey.
Trade via rail in Central Asia has proven highly effective in recent years. It needs further support to take it to the next level.
Trade via rail in Central Asia has proven highly effective in recent years. It needs further support to take it to the next level.
With mega trade deals and digitalization, we need to rethink aid for trade with more focus on policy and regulatory support.
With mega trade deals and digitalization, we need to rethink aid for trade with more focus on policy and regulatory support.
Paper-based trade is a drag on the efficiency of the global trading system. Digitization will make trade and supply chains more robust, and the world more secure.
Paper-based trade is a drag on the efficiency of the global trading system. Digitization will make trade and supply chains more robust, and the world more secure.
The pandemic has underscored the importance of trade facilitation within South Asia and with the region’s neighbors.
The pandemic has underscored the importance of trade facilitation within South Asia and with the region’s neighbors.
The health crisis should drive us to aggressively digitize global trade and supply chains so we can make the economic recovery stronger and the economy more robust.
The health crisis should drive us to aggressively digitize global trade and supply chains so we can make the economic recovery stronger and the economy more robust.
The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of the globalized supply chain model.
The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of the globalized supply chain model.
Crafting small business support efforts to specific country circumstances could help save millions of livelihoods in poor communities and fortify economies against future shocks.
Crafting small business support efforts to specific country circumstances could help save millions of livelihoods in poor communities and fortify economies against future shocks.
Hunger and malnutrition were an increasing problem worldwide before the pandemic. Restrictions imposed to curb disease spread have disrupted local and international food supply chains, making the problem even more urgent.
Hunger and malnutrition were an increasing problem worldwide before the pandemic. Restrictions imposed to curb disease spread have disrupted local and international food supply chains, making the problem even more urgent.