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An Integrated and Smart ASEAN: Overcoming Adversities and Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
While ASEAN has much to gain from economic cooperation and integration, it faces nontrivial growth and integration barriers.
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People's Republic of China
26 May 2021
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Central Asian countries need to implement domestic policy reforms that will make it easier to start new businesses and to trade across borders.
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Azerbaijan
25 May 2021
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Infrastructure has a significant impact on firm performance in the CAREC member countries.
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Afghanistan
24 May 2021
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Productivity and Employment in APAC Economies: A Comparison with the EU Using Firm-Level Information
The size of employment tends to have a greater impact on productivity in Asia and Pacific countries, while labor skills have greater emphasis in the European Union.
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People's Republic of China
21 May 2021