This is ARTNeT Working Paper No. 165, 'Regional trade agreements and cross-border trade costs: The case of Pacific Island Countries', by Jean Bertrand Azapmo. <p></p> Trade costs matter, in particular for small island ...

For the purposes of this paper the term resilience, or more specifically “ICT resilience (e-resilience)” should be understood as making ICT infrastructure more durable so that such can better absorb and recover from ...

<p>Investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure helps achieve all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but in particular, SDG 9 targeting industry, innovation, infrastructure and ...

This is ARTNeT Working Paper No. 171, 'On the economic impact of FDI and trade liberalization in the Asia-Pacific region: A structural quantitative analysis', by Mario Larch and Yoto V. Yotov. <p></p> We employ the ...

This is ARTNeT Working Paper No. 170, 'International trade law perspectives on paperless trade and inclusive digital trade', by Andrew D. Mitchell and Neha Mishra. <p></p> Cross-border paperless trade is increasingly ...

Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have ...

The Belt Road Initiative (BRI) suggested by China’s President Xi Jinping provides an ambitious vision encouraging a new level of cooperation among countries along several economic corridors spanning most of the Asian ...

This is ARTNeT Working Paper No. 168, “International trade, Internet governance and the shaping of the digital economy”, by Neha Mishra. The interface between trade and Internet governance is one of the most complex policy ...

This is ARTNeT Working Paper No. 167, 'Join hands or walk alone? Evidence on lobbying for trade policy in India', by Amrita Saha. Using primary evidence for 146 Indian manufacturing firms, I examine the types of lobbying ...

<p>Asia and the Pacific is witnessing the world’s fastest urbanization in history. In the period 2000-2025, 1.1 billion people are projected to migrate into Asian cities and the region is now home to more than half of the ...