In 2019, the ASEAN Federation of Accountants proclaimed that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the “backbone” of the regional economy,…

This publication presents the analysis of data on the efficiency of the six Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) transport corridors as…

Many analysts have argued that with the election of President Trump, the rules-based multilateral trading system established in the post-World War II…

The COVID-19, or coronavirus global pandemic has required huge responses from governments all over the world. Timor-Leste has its own unique…

This article explains the importance of the Mekong to ASEAN from three aspects: (i) ASEAN Community building; (ii) external relations with key partners…

This paper revisits the impact of population aging on economic growth. In order to understand the impact of population aging on economic growth, it is…

This paper presents evidence on the spatial distribution and effects of urban agglomeration on firm innovation. It uses a unique dataset that…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised issues with waste management. In Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, the…

In this study, we examine the NEET population in Sri Lanka, extending our focus beyond the unemployed youth to inactive persons outside the labour…

This paper synthesizes the results and findings of four component studies under the resurgent irrigation development assessment: the technical and…

The study looked into the resilience of provincial governance in the Philippines to disaster risk using World Bank (WB) socio-economic resiliency…

Around 300 million indigenous peoples have been identified across 70 countries, 14 million of them are located in the Philippines with their cultural…