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This working paper aims to support developing member countries in developing policies and regulations for their digital, platform, and…
27 Dec 2023
This publication introduces the Global Integration Index as a tool to explore how global and regional integration affect development…
27 Dec 2023
State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery, but its effects on forest conservation are ambiguous.
13 Dec 2023
Developing Asia’s outlook remains upbeat despite global challenges. The 2023 growth forecast is revised up from September’s projection,…
13 Dec 2023
Continued growth is expected in the Pacific, but governments need to generate additional resources for public infrastructure and…
13 Dec 2023
This report analyzes tourism in Asia and the Pacific as a services export industry, assesses how it was hard hit by the pandemic, and…
13 Dec 2023
The pandemic’s devastating impact on tourism-dependent Maldives highlighted the need to diversify its economy to reduce macroeconomic…
12 Dec 2023
Using matched data from three sources in Lahore, Pakistan, the paper finds that employers’ gender restrictions are a larger constraint…
11 Dec 2023
This work shows that some demographic groups end up underrepresented in household inflation expectations surveys due to item nonresponse…
08 Dec 2023
This paper reviews the overall micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise landscape in Asia, including the challenges and constraints…
28 Nov 2023