Asia Regional Integration Center
Tracking Asian Integration
25Mar2021AEIR 2021 data catalogue is now out. Access data with ease and download data used for figures in tables in csv format. Data in previous AEIR editions are also accessible here.
23Feb2021This brief discusses the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine procurement and distribution in Asia and the Pacific along with challenges and policy implications toward delivering safe, effective, and affordable vaccines to all.
10Feb2021ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada highlighted the importance of regional cooperation and integration to help economies recover and reconnect post-COVID-19 pandemic at the launch of the AEIR 2021 at the Asian Impact webinar. Read news release. Watch video. Download the report.
Publications
ARIC Blog
Making RCEP successful through business-friendly rules of origin
By determining the origin of a product, rules of origin are the plumbing of a free trade agreement. Only goods originating in the RCEP region will be granted duty free or reduced rate of duty when exported to regional partners.
Despite the pandemic, remittances have kept flowing home to Asia’s families
Many Asian migrant workers seem to have withstood the waves of economic hardships, sending home record amounts of money in months following a large slump between April and May 2020.
Asia’s regional financing woes are exposed during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its twin health and economic crises, has exposed the vulnerabilities in this financing arrangement. The rapid withdrawal of capital from Asia in the early months of the outbreak is a reminder of the region’s continued dependence on non-resident capital.