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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership could be a game changer for trade in Asia if the "rules of origin" details are worked out. Photo: Rinson Chory

Making RCEP Successful Through Business-Friendly Rules of Origin

The massive Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership presents a major trade opportunity for Asia but there are still critical details that need to be worked out.

Pramila Crivelli, Stefano Inama

Asia’s vaunted supply chains will be put to the test by COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Photo: ADB

Asia’s Fabled Supply Chains to be Tested by COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery

The enormous logistical challenge of vaccine distribution will be aided by trade and supply chain finance guarantees.

Steven Beck

The establishment of a credit rating system is crucial to Viet Nam’s bond market development. Photo: Ashim D’Silva

Spurring Development of Viet Nam’s Corporate Bond Market

Reforms that drive the demand for credit ratings will support the development of the corporate bond market.

Don Lambert

COVID-19 has changed the workplace. Many of these changes could be used to help level the playing field for women.

How to Help Women Workers Affected by COVID-19

The pandemic’s long-term effects on how we work and live could accelerate the progress made in recent years on gender equality.

Steven Beck

Asia’s trade and supply chain ecosystem needs to up its digital game. Photo: Austin Distel

The Global Economy Will Emerge Stronger if COVID-19 Drives Digitization

The health crisis should drive us to aggressively digitize global trade and supply chains so we can make the economic recovery stronger and the economy more robust.

Steven Beck

For Asia to rebound, support for small and micro enterprises is critical. Photo: Lisheng Chang

Five Ways Banks Can Help Asia’s Smallest Businesses Survive COVID-19

The road to recovery post-COVID-19 is full of risks for Asia’s banks. They need to innovate and expand their services to help rebuild the small businesses that provide a lifeline to Asia’s poor.

Susan Olsen

During the pandemic, the supply chains that move medical goods and keep the world fed are under duress. Photo: iStock

Even with Borders Closing, We Need to Keep Trade Flowing

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need to support trade to not only move medical supplies but also to bolster economies

Steven Beck

Trade finance increases women’s ability to fully participate in the global economy. Photo: Mimi Thian

The Surprising Link Between Trade Finance and Gender Equality

To level the playing field in Asia and the Pacific, women-owned companies need financial backing to support their importing and exporting needs.

Steven Beck

Big data and other forms of digital technology are increasingly seen as a way to facilitate trade. Photo: Markus Spiske

More Than Just Money: Digital Technologies Can Help Narrow the Trade Finance Gap

Digital or financial technology – including mobile internet access, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data – can make international trade more efficient and support financing options.

Kijin Kim

A sound PPP law could supercharge Viet Nam’s effort to improve its infrastructure. Photo: ADB