<p>This report provides an overview of digital trade integration of Pakistan. It identifies constraints and bottlenecks in achieving successful and sustainable regional digital trade integration. The methodology relies on ...

<p>The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant challenges for the Government of Pakistan. However, the pandemic has also provided opportunities for the Government to enhance trading linkages in medical ...

This report analyzes how emerging market firms upgrade their capabilities to become leading global competitors, suggesting the use of foreign investments as an upgrading mechanism in global value chains. The report introduces ...

<p>This paper has two objectives: (1) assess the health sector performance of the Philippines relative to other ASEAN member states, and (2) assess regional health integration and cooperation in the Philippines, and identify ...

<p>Multilateral, plurilateral, unilateral, as well as regional integration efforts in the Asia-Pacific have brought down tariffs, increased connectivity, helped achieve regulatory harmonization and promoted cooperation ...

<p>• The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the largest contributor to the worldwide build-up of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), accounting for about half of PTAs worldwide. PTAs have become bigger, deeper, and ...

This report presents an analysis of the results of the United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation for 10 South and South-West Asian countries. The WTO TFA+ Survey was conducted during the ...

<b>Merchandise trade</b><br> - Following a global demand slowdown in the second half of this year, global and regional real merchandise trade growth is expected to be limited in 2022. Global real exports and imports are ...

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the limitations of existing trade rules in ensuring trade resilience during crises. There are two ways of including more specific and dedicated legal provisions in trade agreements to ...

<p>The trade and investment flows of Asia-Pacific economies have recovered in the past two years, a time when the region also experienced a wave of digital transformation. This report starts from the notion that good ...