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Demand and Supply Potential of Hydrogen Energy in East Asia – Phase 2
31 December 2020
Edited by Shigeru Kimura, Ichiro Kutani, Osamu Ikeda, and Ryo Chihiro
Throughout fiscal year 2019–2020 ERIA conducted the phase 2 study on hydrogen demand and supply potential in the East Asia Summit (EAS) region. It involved a) a review of future …
Ageing and Health in Viet Nam
28 December 2020
Edited by Nguyen Cong Vu, Mai Thi Tran, Linh Thuy Dang, Choy-Lye Chei, and Yasuhiko Saito
The Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Health in Viet Nam (LSAHV) is the first multi-actor longitudinal study on ageing in Viet Nam with information collected from older Vietnamese people, their …
Powering Southeast Asia: Meeting the Region’s Electricity Needs
18 December 2020
About the Journal NBR Special Report #89, first published on 18 December 2020, https://www.nbr.org/publication/powering-southeast-asia-meeting-the-regions-electricity-needs/ Published by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Authors Han Phoumin, Economic Research Institute for …
Potential Renewable Hydrogen from Curtailed Electricity to Decarbonize ASEAN’s Emissions: Policy Implications
17 December 2020
About the Journal Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 24, first published on 17 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410560 (registering DOI) (This article belongs to the Special Issue Secure and Sustainable Energy System) Author …
Trade Liberalisation and Chinese Firm’s Exports: Sourcing from Indonesia
01 December 2020
About the Journal The World Economy, first published on 22 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13058 Author Lili Yan Ing, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia Wei Tian, School …
Assessing the Readiness of Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy
26 November 2020
Edited by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Krishnamurthy Ramanathan, and Heinrich Wyes
Globalisation, technological advancement, and resource consumption have historically served humanity well by typically delivering both economic growth and social progress. But as these drivers have accelerated, there has been increasing …
ASEAN MSMEs in a COVID-19 World: Lessons from ERIA MSMEs Talks 1-5
23 November 2020
Micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent between 97% and 99% of firms and between 60% and 80% of total employment across Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries (Lee, Narjoko, …
Subregional Development Strategy in ASEAN after COVID-19: Inclusiveness and Sustainability in the Mekong Subregion (Mekong 2030)
12 November 2020
Edited by Fukunari Kimura
The Mekong Subregion (MSR) has been a model subregional development initiative, having achieved high economic growth and rapid poverty alleviation with extensive and innovative international collaboration over the past 3 …
Non-Tariff Measures in Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Findings
05 October 2020
Edited by Denise Penello Rial, and Muhammad Rizqy Anandhika
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are the new frontier for regional integration and market access, as tariffs have been continuously decreasing. NTMs are at the border and behind-the-border requirements. It is not …
ASEAN on Point Public Forum: Ensuring the Resilience and Sustainability of the Agriculture and Food Sector in ASEAN in the Context of COVID-19
03 September 2020
Edited by Lydia Ruddy
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), will co-host a series of public forums – …
ERIA Annual Report 2019
17 July 2020
ERIA’s Annual Report 2019 presents the organisation’s various activities – such as research, seminars, capacity building, policy design, and dissemination initiatives – in fiscal year 2019. Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, President …
Improving Digital Connectivity: Policy Priority for ASEAN Digital Transformation
17 July 2020
This brief proposes a policy framework for digital connectivity to support the development of e-commerce. Using this analytical framework for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, the brief …
ASEAN Development and Innovation Strategy in the Era of New Industrialisation
16 July 2020
Foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade will continue to play an important role in the assimilation of the latest technologies within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States …
Interconnected Government: International Regulatory Cooperation in ASEAN
15 July 2020
Edited by Derek Gill
Promoting international regulatory cooperation (IRC) is gaining traction as a way to improve business competitiveness. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), improving regulatory quality and reducing the costs …
Strengthening Waste Management Policies to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic
02 July 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised issues with waste management. In Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, the increasing amount of medical waste during the pandemic is not in …
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ERIA and UNCTAD Discuss Joint Work on NTMs in ASEAN and East Asia
Jakarta/Geneva, 8 December 2020: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly hosted an online policy dialogue to discuss trade integration and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) across ASEAN …
