Meeting developing Asia and the Pacific’s demand for quality infrastructure and renewed urban environments that can support inclusive post-pandemic…

This publication provides an overview of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) bonds as a mechanism to help mobilize the financing required to achieve the…

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) is one of the most recent cooperation mechanisms established in the Mekong sub-region. Unlike other mechanisms…

This supplement discusses disaster risk, resilience and risk management in Asia and the Pacific. It highlights policy lessons for disaster resilience…

Despite its impressive economic growth in the past few decades, India is slow in adopting a task-by-task international division of labour or…

This study investigates the role of digital infrastructure in shaping the global value chain (GVC) participation of Indian manufacturing firms. To…

As people’s mobility determines the spread of COVID-19 virus, this paper scrutinises factors that drive their mobility responses during the pandemic.…

In this issue, we provide an overview of the dynamics of hotel prices in Georgia both pre-COVID and during the ongoing pandemic. First, we review the…

In Georgia, the average cost of a room1 in a 3-star hotel was 136 GEL per night in June 2021, while the average cost of a room in a 4-star hotel in…

Industrial raw materials are key to our modern life. They are the building blocks of many products we use constantly, from buildings and infrastructure…

This report is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 explains the background and context for this study. Chapter 2 provides an overview of impact of…