This paper provides an overview of productivity development and other related indicators in Asian–Pacific (APAC) countries, with comparisons with the…

Asia’s economic significance has risen substantially over the past several decades. Further economic development in ASEAN, with its massive population…

The historical routes from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India to the Middle East or Europe ran north of, south of, and across the Caspian…

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), known as the Middle Corridor, is a multilateral institutional development linking the…

This paper studies the evolution of the natural interest rate in five Southeast Asian countries and considers the effect of economic shocks on the…

This study aims to examine the impact of infrastructure on firm performance in nine CAREC countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the…

Inter-ethnic engagement through the economic domain has proven effective in many countries since it leverages a natural motivation to improve…

This research aimed to identify the MSMEs and workers that are the most affected by the COVID-19 crisis so that policy makers and development agencies…

This paper attempts to examine the progress of service market integration within ASEAN and analyze the impact of service liberalization pursued by…

This report identifies country-level legislative gaps in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region that inhibit the digitization of…

This article examines how disgruntled, harassed and vengeful borrowers express their discontent in Facebook groups that antagonize over digital…

This report explores how expenditure on public sector pension is endangering fiscal sustainability for the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a problem…