Based on clear evidences emerging from around the world about the linkages between human mobility and the spread of COVID-19, Pakistan is gradually…

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One of the innovative ways by which the Government of India is addressing the challenges of rural road development is the use of plastic waste as an…

The economy of Batam Island, one of the most favoured tourist destinations for Singaporeans, has deteriorated significantly due to the COVID-19…

Across countries, renting has been chosen by the young, the single and, more generally, the mobile, over ownership. In this paper, we use district-…

As we seek to increase impact investing activity, it is likely that further progress will be constituted by scaling existing activity as well as…

The countercyclical pattern of saving in Thailand in the 1990s and 2000s challenged the prediction of permanent income theory and raised questions…

This paper aims to examine the effect of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on sovereign funding costs, with a focus on emerging…

As the world’s second and third largest economies, both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Japan are facing the challenge of energy insecurity.…

Globally, 1.7 billion adults still lack access to formal financial services, with a large percentage living in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.…

Financial services in Thailand are undergoing rapid transformation. The adoption of digital payments has been growing at an exponential rate, thanks to…

The paper provides an empirical analysis of factors affecting the use of capital market instruments for financing infrastructure public–private…