Assessing ASEAN’s Economic Performance
Opening the region to foreign direct investment through trade multilateralization is ASEAN’s defining achievement as an organization.
Next Generation of Quality Development, Investment in New TPP
There’s more to the revised mega regional Pacific Rim trade agreement than the US withdrawal.
4 Ways to Transform Landlocked Countries
Four crucial factors can help turn these economies from landlocked into land-linked.
Early Lessons from Using Technology to Ease Trade in South Asia
SASEC is piloting an electronic cargo tracking system to make cargo transit more efficient and speed up customs processes.
Migration in Asia: Where is Everybody Going?
Time will tell whether Asia-Pacific’s increasing trend toward regional integration extend further into labor markets.
Testing the 3D Approach to Economic Corridor Development in Central Asia
A new approach to developing economic corridors can change the way we think about regional integration.
Reviving Connectivity and Diversifying Trade in Central Asia
In Central Asia, it once took up to 58 hours and $318 for a cargo truck to cross a border. Countries in the region are working together to streamline the process for goods and services to move across borders.
Read All About It: How Big News Events Can Roil Asian Currencies
Major news events, as well as monetary policy uncertainties in the United States, have a significant impact on Asian currencies, but not in the way that some might expect.
Trade Policy Uncertainty is at All-Time Highs—And That’s Bad News
After 500 days of trade conflict, policy uncertainty is growing worldwide and the negative effects are being felt.
How Do You Like Them Apples? Central Asia Gets Ready to Help Feed the World
Central Asia is improving food safety measures to share with the world some of the more than 8000 plant species, as well as livestock, from the region.