Spotlight Archives
- ARCII database upgradedOctober 2020ERCI Director Cyn-Young Park on 26 October moderated a panel discussion during the RCI-POD webinar presenting the updates and upgrades to ADB's Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index. Visit the RCI-POD webpage for the presentations and recording. View the updated ARCII database.
- Updated ARIC FTA database23 October 2020Asia's push for greater trade liberalization through FTAs shows no sign of slowing down even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australia-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement entered into force on 5 July 2020 while the Cambodia-People's Republic of China FTA was signed on 12 October 2020. Several other FTAs have launched negotiations.
- Food Security in Asia and the Pacific, COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Role of Policy24 Sep 2020Inspired by ADB Briefs No. 139, this infographic emphasizes the bolder role for policy and regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific, as the COVID-19 pandemic increases food security risks in the region.
- Reviving Tourism Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic01 October 2020Tourism in Asia and the Pacific suffered deeply because of the pandemic. This policy brief analyzes how strategies involving domestic tourism and travel bubbles could revive tourism in the region. Read here.
- COVID-19: There's an app for that24 Aug 2020In Asia and the Pacific, digital platforms have also been used to find solutions to the pandemic, to protect people, and get societies back up and running. This blog recommends using digital platforms to propel economies into recovery as well. Read on.
- Two ways to help revive tourism in Asia and the Pacific05 Aug 2020Tourism in Asia and the Pacific has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Two strategies are being tried to revive the sector in the short run: promoting domestic tourism and using “travel bubbles”. Read on.
- Tracking COVID-19’s devastating toll on Asia’s remittances04 August 2020
- The Regional Cooperation and Integration Policy Open Dialogue (RCI-POD)Aug 2020A Webinar Series which aims to provide a venue for casual and open policy dialogue on Regional Cooperation and Integration issues. Co-organized by the ADB's Regional Cooperation and Integration Division and the RCI Thematic Group. See all the episodes here.
- Pacific Economic Monitor – July 2020July 2020The July 2020 edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses the impacts of COVID-19 and provides an overview of other current economic and development issues in ADB's Pacific developing member countries.
- Restarting Economies and COVID-19 Control: Letting Loose Without Letting UpJuly 2020Join the Asian Impact live webinar on 28 July 2020, 2:00 pm, online, Manila, Philippines time (GMT +8), as a panel of experts discuss how lockdowns have helped restrict COVID-19 transmission but at a terrible cost for business activity and people’s livelihoods.
