South Asian cities are rapidly urbanizing and projected to grow by more than 300 million new residents between 2020 and 2040. If the current…

This policy brief will discuss the conceptual issues related to state’s role in implementing UNGPs in businesses, review the current state of human and…

This policy brief sheds light on RCEP’s potential benefits, yet apparently contradictory shallow nature, to conciliate expectations through an analysis…

The budget plan for 2022 envisages the primary goals for insurance of the economic growth in the upcoming year, emphasizing economic diversification as…

In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asian countries are trying to realize the…

Marine litter seriously affects island-based or archipelagic economies. The Philippines is an example of a country at the center of this predicament…

This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the role of Fintech, in particular…

The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak have heavily affected CAREC member countries, which include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the…

Focusing on Asian economies over the period 2006 to 2019, we find that while nonbank finance appears to complement rather than substitute credit…

This study empirically investigated the factors affecting firms’ ability to adjust production in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This study used…

Quality education is a key determinant for ASEAN’s aspiration to be a single market and production base and to attract foreign investment. However, the…

The growing population and climatic uncertainties have compelled producers to undertake faster exploitation of the resources in agricultural production…