The role of agriculture in the Malaysian economy has been declining steadily over the years. Today, agriculture’s share of the country’s…

This paper aims to identify the role of digitalization and infrastructure in two fast-growing Asian economies, namely India and the…

The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing economic and broader development challenges as never before. Policy lessons from Asia and the Pacific’…

The impact of globalization in terms of bilateral trade is a renowned theoretical underpinning in the literature. Nevertheless, testing…

A key feature of the demographic transition in prosperous East Asian and other developing Southeast Asian states is fertility decline.…

This paper focuses on the demographic transition from rural to urban areas in Viet Nam. An empirical framework is developed to measure…

This brief explains why civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia and the Pacific have an important role in helping address the health…

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented economic crisis in Ukraine as lockdown measures involving the…

This edition reviews financial conditions in East Asia and risk implications to the global economic recovery, including the coronavirus…

The New Economic Policy (NEP) has scripted Malaysia’s development for 50 years, with the 30% Bumiputera equity target as the main…