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23Mar2018ADB's Principal Economist and ARIC's Project Leader, Jong Woo Kang, writes about the changing landscape of trade policies and how Asia must bolster domestic demand base against trade imbalances on his latest blog.
21Mar2018CAREC 2030 provides the new long-term strategic framework for the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program leading to 2030. It is inspired by a mission to create an open and inclusive regional cooperation platform that connects people, policies and projects for shared and sustainable development.
26Jan2018Asia's trade volume growth surpassed that of world in 2016. View infographic and download the Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) 2017 here.
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How can the changing trade landscape reshape global imbalances?
In the future, many Asian economies may not accumulate huge trade surpluses or foreign financial assets as quickly as now.
How do deepening global, regional value chains affect national export performance?
On his latest ADB Blog, Jong Woo Kang, ARIC's Project Leader and Principal Economist, talks about the evolving relationship between export performance and production network or value chains.
How can the TPP without the US still make sense?
Jong Woo Kang, ARIC's Project Leader and ADB's Principal Economist, explains why the remaining 11 countries still have good reason to maintain the #TPP momentum.
3 ways Asian economies can prepare for a financial market downturn
On the one hand, the global economy is enjoying a robust and synchronized recovery. On the other hand, however, central banks are maintaining an extremely cautious stance on acting on this and switching gears back to the normal policy level.
Seizing the opportunity to prolong Asia’s trade growth momentum
The global trade slowdown of 2015-2016 had several causes. The first and main one is the weak global economic recovery. Yes, the global economy has been in an expansion phase. And yes, we are seeing sustained and synchronized global economic growth both in rich and emerging economies.
Regional Public Goods: A breath of fresh air
Hold your breath for the bad news: air pollution imperils Asia and the Pacific. Rapid carbon-intensive growth puts the region in a precarious position, where 4 of the 10 biggest polluters and 5 of the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change reside together. The biggest polluters also happen to be the most productive in the region.