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Making Connections: How Asia’s Tourism Is Taking Off Again
Asia’s international tourism is steadily rebounding to near pre-pandemic levels. Strategic investments in transport infrastructure and streamlined visa policies are proving essential for boosting tourist flows and economic resilience.
Get Moving: Smarter Logistics Can Boost Efficiency and Cut Costs in South Asia
Enhancing multimodal transport, standardization, and digital integration can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen manufacturing in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal’s logistics sectors.
Preparing the Nation for Integration: Timor-Leste’s Path to ASEAN
Timor-Leste has taken major steps toward joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but challenges remain. Strengthening governance, promoting investments, expanding trade, and enhancing human capital are still needed
From Roads to Riches: Economic Corridors Can Supercharge South Asia
Economic corridor development in South Asia enhances trade, industrialization, and connectivity while addressing infrastructure gaps and business constraints. By creating jobs, promoting regional integration, and improving manufacturing competitiveness, corridors contribute to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.
As Nations Reshore, ASEAN Should Explore Trade, Digitalization and Connectivity
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations should leverage trade, tourism, and digitalization to foster economic resilience and sustainable growth amid global economic uncertainty.
Freezing the Impact: Tackling Glacial Melt with Resilient Solutions
Glacial melting threatens regional water security, ecosystems, and economies. Countries must prioritize low-carbon and climate resilient development with sustainable solutions such as nature-based systems, renewable energy, and diversified financing to manage risks and sustain development.
Five Steps to Economic Resilience in the Caucasus and Central Asia
The ability of the economies of the Caucasus and Central Asia to effectively respond to external shocks critically depends on their cooperation in diversifying trade and transport routes. The right policies and development of the Middle Corridor is a key to success.
Five Actions to Address Climate Change in the CAREC Region
No country can fight climate change alone. The countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program should take coordinated action to combat the increasing impacts of climate change and find sustainable solutions.
Eugene Zhukov, Xinglan Hu (胡杏兰), Kristian Rosbach, Kenzhekhan Abuov
Trade Resilience: Four Strategies for Strengthening Supply Chains in Asia and the Pacific
As global economic corridors gain momentum, a comprehensive approach to trade and transport facilitation is essential to strengthen supply chains for sustainable growth.
Unlocking Central Asia's Economic Potential by Integrating into Global Value Chains
A free trade agreement could bring the economic and social development benefits of global value chains to Central Asia.