Asia Regional Integration Center
Tracking Asian Integration
25Mar2019With progressive aging in Asia, countries face the challenge of sustaining productivity and growth in the future. Cyn-Young Park, Director of Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, and Aiko Kikkawa Takenaka, Economist, both from ADB's Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, tackle the role of technology and innovation, and regional cooperation in overcoming the negative consequences from a contracting and aging workforce. Read blog.
28Feb2019Asia continues to push for greater trade liberalization, with the recent effectivity of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Japan-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement, and the upgrading of several existing Asian FTAs, bringing the total number of Asian FTAs at various stages of development to 253.
13Feb2019Cyn-Young Park, ADB's Director of Regional Cooperation and Integration Division of the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, explores the impact of regional integration on growth, inequality, and poverty using a multidimensional approach. Her analysis suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness. Read blog.
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How Technology Can Turn Asia’s Aging Workforce into an Advantage
Asia can gain from the longevity dividend by tapping emerging technologies to promote an age-friendly workplace.
Assessing the Impact of Regional Integration on Inclusive Growth
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
Migration in Asia: Where is everybody going?
Bart Edes, ADB’s Representative of the North American Office, features recent developments to promote greater intraregional migration in Asia to address labor shortages and enhance regional cooperation.
Will trade tensions dim Christmas lights?
This holiday season Christmas tree lights will continue to flicker despite the US-PRC trade tensions. But if the conflict rages, they may be dimmer a year from now.
US bond yield curve: Should we worry if it inverts?
The US keeps posting robust expansion, with a whopping 4.2% of annualized quarter-on-quarter growth in Q2 2018, the fastest since Q3 2014, keeping policy makers and academics carefully watching how long the growth momentum will persist.
Asia’s FTAs as living agreements: Creating new opportunities amid global trade uncertainties
Trade tensions among the world’s major economies have dominated news headlines recently, casting a shadow of uncertainty on international trade and endangering the prospect of sustained global economic growth.