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Aid for Trade Needs to Catch Up with the Modern World

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.

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.

Your Questions Answered: What is the Trade Finance Gap and Why Does it Matter?

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.

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.

How Trade via Rail in Central Asia Can Mitigate the Energy and Climate Crises

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.

Can the Pandemic Help End the Paper Chase That is Hobbling International Trade?

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.

Coping with the Pandemic in South Asia by Making it Easier to Trade

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 Global Economy Will Emerge Stronger if COVID-19 Drives Digitization

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.

What’s Next for Supply Chains Scrambled by the Pandemic?

The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of the globalized supply chain model.

The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of the globalized supply chain model.

Small Business Solutions for Pandemic Challenges

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.

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Safe, Nutritious, and Affordable Food

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.

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