Analyzing the Factors that Constrain Trade Efficiency in CAREC This study examines the impediments and gaps that hinder the growth of regional trade and ways to reverse declining trade efficiency.
Tax Expenditures Drain Revenues Needed for Development Data analysis and tax transparency can guide governments in rationalizing their tax expenditure policies while still creating a level playing field for businesses.
A Framework for Enhanced Trade Facilitation in the Bay of Bengal Region Promote remote processing of cargo clearances and modernize border facilities to improve intraregional trade in BIMSTEC.
Facilitating Cross-Border Trade in Yallama Modernized facilities and customs reform cut the passage time by over 50% at the busy border crossing in Uzbekistan.
Powering the Clean Energy Transition Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Strengthening the Autonomy of the Social Economy in the Republic of Korea Policies should promote the growth and sustainability of social enterprises without making them dependent on state support.
Does the Cambodia–People’s Republic of China FTA Offer Better Market Access than RCEP? The bilateral agreement offers deeper tariff liberalization than the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, yet both need better rules of origin.
How River Basin Organizations Improve Water Security In South Asia, stakeholders worked together to enhance integrated water resources management in mountainous river basins prone to precipitation extremes.
How to Make River Basins More Resilient Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Smart Ways to Collect and Share Data for Monitoring SDG Progress New technologies, including APIs and SDMX, are revolutionizing data collection and sharing, reducing the data gap in Asia and the Pacific.