Spotlight Archives
- ADB Economics Working Paper: Economic Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for Asia and the Pacific20 October 2021This paper evaluates the impact of the RCEP on global and regional incomes, trade, economic structure, factor returns, and employment.
- ADB Brief: 2021 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey13 October 2021The ADB Brief finds that the trade finance gap has grown, with more companies unable to find the financing they need to trade their goods. This may have exacerbated the sharp drop-off in trade during the pandemic and will make a recovery more difficult. Read more.
- Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2021: Supply Chains of Critical Goods Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic8 October 2021This report reviews the impact of trade facilitation initiatives in Asia and the Pacific since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began and discusses how to increase supply chain resilience.
- Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index: Enhanced Framework, Analysis, and Applications7 October 2021
- Asian Impact Webinar: An Enhanced Measure of Regional Cooperation and Integration7 October 2021
- Pacific Economic Monitor29 July 2021This issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor provides insights on experiences and lessons of Pacific island countries in striking a delicate balance between health and economic concerns. It also outlines ADB’s new development strategy to help the region address the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
- RCI-POD #22: Global Value Chain Reshoring: Impact and Policy Responses (14 July 2021, 3:00-4:30 PM, Manila, MS Teams)14 July 2021This webinar will shed light on the potential impact of global supply chain reshoring on international trade. Read more. Register with the RCI-POD Secretariat.
- Updated ARIC FTA Database29 June 2021Asia continues to actively pursue trade liberalization and foster economic cooperation through FTAs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic with four FTAs recently coming into force. This reflects the region's ongoing efforts to establish new markets in a highly uncertain trade environment.
- Fintech to Enable Development, Investment, Financial Inclusion, and Sustainability: Conference Highlights31 May 2021This publication outlines discussions from two international conferences in 2020 on digital financial technologies (Fintech) and their potential to advance inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Read more.
- RCI-POD 20: ADB International Investment Agreement Tool Kit - A Comparative Approach (27 May 2021, 3:00-4:30 PM Manila, MS Teams)May 2021
