This report draws on a survey of Philippine businesses to provide initial facts and ideas to help the government develop evidence-based…

China’s economic growth, wages on the rise, and continuance of trade friction with the United States have weakened its advantages as a…

The enthusiasm of private and public sectors in AI and the nature of AI-based applications being developed, especially that focus on…

In 2019, the ASEAN Federation of Accountants proclaimed that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the “backbone” of the…

This paper presents evidence on the spatial distribution and effects of urban agglomeration on firm innovation. It uses a unique dataset…

Slowing global economic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly reduced the demand for crude oil. At the same time,…

In 2019, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) actively engaged civil society organizations (CSOs) by tapping their local knowledge,…

Special economic zones (SEZs) are considered as one of important regional industrial policies to attract foreign investment in…

We conducted a standard gravity exercise using worldwide disaggregated trade data to shed light on the influence of the spread of…

Innovation is key for developing countries to escape the middle-income trap, for multiple reasons. First, labor-saving technologies and…