This publication presents highlights of the sessions during ADBs workshop on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) on 16 and 17…

Myanmar continues to face challenges to achieving inclusive economic growth. In the past decade, the government of Myanmar has…

Sri Lanka has a high proportion of workers (around 68% of the total employed) in informal employment. These informal workers usually…

Japan and Thailand are geographically similar in that both countries have a vast coastline and a population that is concentrated in…

The importance of services trade and “servicification” of economic activity has grown in countries overtime. However, regulatory and…

The number of international visitors declined by 92.9% in October compared to the same period of 2019, and the number of international…

In Georgia, the average cost of a room1 in a 3-star hotel was 120 GEL per night in October 2020, while the average cost of a room in a 4…

The sudden emergence of China as a global power has amazed many across the globe. Once an isolated and economically deprived country,…

Tourism has been almost non-operational in Pakistan since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The country underwent a complete to smart…

It is believed that jobs in the service sector generally require more brain-related rather than labor-related skills compared to those…