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Recently, the concept of “blue finance”’ was introduced to the world. Blue finance envisages that ocean firms issue…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Mar 2021
In this issue, we explore the challenges and opportunities lower-middle income countries in Asia face in the wake of…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Mar 2021
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented economic crisis in Ukraine as lockdown measures…
Asia and the Pacific
29 Mar 2021
Trade-related issues such as market access and tariff elimination or reduction have been the main concerns of free…
Asia and the Pacific
26 Mar 2021
This edition reviews financial conditions in East Asia and risk implications to the global economic recovery,…
People's Republic of China
26 Mar 2021
Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were…
Asia and the Pacific
25 Mar 2021
Using unique data from a Japanese survey, this paper examines whether flexible work arrangements targeted…
Asia and the Pacific
24 Mar 2021
Despite proving itself to be an exemplary multilateral institution in a multitude of ways, in recent years, WTO…
Asia and the Pacific
23 Mar 2021
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting falls in demand due both to uncertainty and policy…
Asia and the Pacific
23 Mar 2021
The drought that struck during the 2019 rainy season, when the Mekong River hit its lowest levels in half a century…
Asia and the Pacific
22 Mar 2021