Thailand’s economic progress has centered largely around international trade and tourism. As such, the country’s economy has been…

Kazakhstan became a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1994, shortly after it achieved independence.
During the past…

With a landmass of 2,934 square kilometers spread across two main islands (Savaii and Upolu) and several smaller ones, Samoa is…

Tuvalu is a small island developing state comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geographically isolated and highly…

Over the past 20 years, Cambodia has made excellent progress in poverty reduction and human development, on the back of strong growth in…

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a lower middle income country, classified by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as both a fragile and conflict-…

With some of the world’s highest mountains covering 93% of its territory, Tajikistan faces obstacles to its development, including food…

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has enjoyed robust economic growth over 2 decades, but the economy has been slowing since…

Vanuatu is an archipelago with a population of about 297,000 people spread across 84 islands in the West Pacific. It is ranked the most…

Consisting of 15 small islands scattered over 1.8 million square kilometers, the Cook Islands has an economy driven largely by tourism…