The COVID-19 dilemma: Public health versus the economy
The tradeoff between lost lives during the pandemic and lost livelihoods is often viewed as an all-or-nothing choice between complete lockdown versus zero restrictions. In reality, a balance can be struck.
RCEP is a gargantuan trade deal but will economies be able to make the most of it?
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership brings 15 nations and 2.2 billion people into a trade partnership. It also offers broad economic and societal benefits that go beyond imports and exports.
规模庞大的RCEP贸易协定能否被各经济体充分利用？
《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》将15个国家和22亿人口纳入到一个贸易伙伴关系当中。该协定不仅仅局限于进出口贸易，它还将产生广泛的经济和社会效益。
新冠肺炎疫情凸显亚洲的银行对美元债务的脆弱性
疫情之下，危机并存。亚洲的银行可借机合作，开展区域金融改革，增强自身抵御危机能力。
COVID-19 highlights Asian banks’ vulnerability to U.S. dollar debt
The pandemic provides an opportunity for regional financial cooperation on reforms to make Asian banks more resilient to crises.
The proliferation of FTDs: free trade disagreements
Simmering trade disputes are decreasing the beneficial effects of free trade and could in the long-term damage the rules-based order upon which global commerce is based.
A surprising lifeline for workers, companies and communities after disasters
Global supply chains link the welfare of disaster-hit companies and their surrounding communities to a network of corporations that have an economic incentive to help them bounce back.
Getting it right on railways
Lining up rights-of-way for megaprojects, such as railways and highways, in crowded places is challenging but it can be done with an imaginative and respectful plan.
The time has come for universal health coverage
Investments in universal health coverage are investments in economic growth. They play a critical role in leveraging opportunities, anticipating challenges, and delivering the knowledge, expertise, and financing countries need to achieve universal health coverage.
After the dramatic rescues, the hidden toll of disasters is felt by millions
Earthquakes, powerful storms, tsunamis and other disasters have powerful immediate impacts, but they also do long-term damage that often gets overlooked.