This issue of the Asia Bond Monitor reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic and deepening global economic uncertainty are weighing heavily on…

This report explores policy options to facilitate Indonesia’s technological transformation and unlock its economic growth potential.

As several countries have reduced tariff rates, other forms of regulatory measures that impact on trade have proliferated. These…

This edition discusses current economic, environmental, and development issues in Asia such as poverty, migration, and financial…

The recent decade has seen a marked shift in policy instruments motivated by non-trade objectives, such as health and safety, national…

This paper examines the firm-level nexus between exporting and importing by using firm-level data from Thai customs. We differentiate…

Low returns to high school and vocational college are important factors to explain the low returns to education for manufacturing…

Better environmental, social and governance performance is associated with lower default risk, and therefore lower funding costs.

This brief analyzes the potential economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak on developing Asian economies across various scenarios…

The Thai Government is placing high hopes on its flagship project – the Eastern Economic Corridor special development zone, or EEC – as…