Strategizing Economic Recovery Using a New Computable General Equilibrium Model for Bhutan As the country reopens, a newly developed macroeconomic model suggests paths forward from the past 3 years of economic disruption.
Maximizing the Potential of Central Asia’s Horticulture Exports to the PRC This study suggests policy actions for the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan based on the export potential of selected fruits and nuts.
Promoting Access to Decent Work in Sri Lanka Invest in economic sectors that are more likely to generate more productive jobs.
The Importance of Estimating Kazakhstan’s E-commerce Volume and Patterns The reliability of statistics is critical for decision makers, researchers and media to understand domestic e-commerce.
Analyzing Technology and Productivity Spillovers from Chinese FDIs to CAREC Countries FDI-recipient countries show positive growth in productivity but their technology gains depend on absorption capacity.
Measuring Social Mobility in Longitudinal Data-Scarce Settings Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.
Tracking Economic Gains from a Road Project with Night Lights Data A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
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.
Supporting MSMEs amid Mounting Macroeconomic Challenges in Sri Lanka Explore equity, quasi-equity, and other non-debt assistance and structural reforms to protect small businesses from COVID-19 and other shocks.
Closing the Territorial Gap: Diagnostics of Regional Inequality in Kazakhstan Growing imbalances across regions call for localized development strategies as the country moves toward economic diversification.