This publication introduces an online database of international investment agreements involving Asia and the Pacific and analyzes…

This brief analyzes global value chain indicators in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) during 2000-2019. It explores how the PRC has…

The size of employment tends to have a greater impact on productivity in Asia and Pacific countries, while labor skills have greater…

In this study, I build a game-theoretical model to analyze the impact of AB reform on WTO members’ trade policies and strategic use of…

The extensive participation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in international production and trade is often cited as a model of…

ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP): 1. Fill market gaps for trade and supply chain finance. 2. Provide guarantees…

Married women in urban areas increase their working hours when they have internet access. 

This paper reviews trade in pharmaceutical products, focusing on ASEAN countries. Trade in this sector is of singular policy importance…

This paper examines the effect of the COVID 19 pandemic on global production sharing in ASEAN Member States Product level analysis on…

World trade and production are increasingly structured around global value chains (GVCs). Typically, a value chain includes the…