01Dec2025This brief highlights that the estimated global trade finance gap remains at $2.5 trillion, as in 2023. It sets out recommendations to address the systemic unmet demand for trade finance to boost inclusive economic growth. Read more here.
25Nov2025Disruptions at global chokepoints propagate shocks through supply chains. This paper finds that the 2022–2023 drought induced significant delays in Panama Canal voyages and erased normal-time efficiency gains. Delays were largest for metals and light manufactures, while food shipments saw no significant effect. Read more here.
22Oct2025The ATTN Forum 2025 will feature sessions on practitioners’ insights and topical studies aimed at strengthening the knowledge base on emerging policy issues in digital trade for economic inclusion and enhancing the capacity of researchers and think tanks through networking and knowledge exchange. Read more here.
25Sep2025ADB's Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2025 will be launched in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 12–13 November 2025. The ASM aims to promote evidence-based policy design for MSME development through a unique data platform and in-depth analyses on MSMEs. For details and registration, click here.
19Aug2025This book investigates how MSMEs can transition to a sustainable growth path and contribute to global sustainability and resilience. Drawing on the latest research, it shows how governments can support MSMEs at every stage of development, from start-up to maturity. Read more here.
05Aug2025This report expands the CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) framework to assess border efficiency and trade facilitation through a new diagnostic index. The index identifies five broad themes of recommendations aimed at enhancing cross-border trade, border efficiency, and logistics performance. Read more here.
ARIC Blog
Your Questions Answered: What Will be the Impact of the New US Remittance Tax?
The United States’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds a 1% tax on most money transfers sent from the US to other countries. The US is the single largest source of remittances to Asia and the Pacific, but the low rate of the tax and the many ways to avoid it will considerably limit its impact, according to research for the July 2025 Asian Development Outlook
The United States’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds a 1% tax on most money transfers sent from the US to other countries. The US is the single largest source of remittances to Asia and the Pacific, but the low rate of the tax and the many ways to avoid it will considerably limit its impact, according to research for the July 2025 Asian Development Outlook
As Nations Reshore, ASEAN Should Explore Trade, Digitalization and Connectivity
Issues around climate change and rivalry around frontier technology (artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things) are increasingly being discussed as issues of national security.
Issues around climate change and rivalry around frontier technology (artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things) are increasingly being discussed as issues of national security.
Making Connections: How Asia’s Tourism Is Taking Off Again
Strategic investments in transport infrastructure and streamlined visa policies are proving essential for boosting tourist flows and economic resilience.
Strategic investments in transport infrastructure and streamlined visa policies are proving essential for boosting tourist flows and economic resilience.
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