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Cross-Border Integration of Renewable Energy Systems Experiences, Impacts, and Drivers
19 September 2023
Cross-border energy trade and integration of renewable energy have become significant for countries and regions to meet demands, minimize costs, and foster socio-economic and climate … Read More
Energy Outlook and Energy Saving Potential in East Asia 2023
31 August 2023
From COP 26 to COP 27, countries have made ambitious pledges towards achieving Net-Zero Emissions by the mid-century. However, the recent oil and gas price … Read More
ASEAN Digital Community (ADC) 2045
28 August 2023
Digital transformation has profoundly reshaped not only the way we work but also the way we live. It has shifted the focus of goods and … Read More
Energy Outlook and Energy Saving Potential in East Asia
21 August 2023
Responding to the Cebu Declaration of the leaders of the East Asia Summit (EAS) countries, ERIA conducted a study on energy savings and CO2 emission … Read More
Call for Proposals: ERIA-Swinburne Joint Workshop on 'A Study of the Resiliency of Global Value Chains (GVCs) in East Asia'
15 August 2023
Global value chains (GVCs) are broadly described as the process of breaking up vertically integrated production processes into finer stages and relocating each stage to … Read More
Renewable Energy Transition in South Asia: Role of Regional Energy Trade
11 August 2023
Renewable energy encompasses energy derived from sources that can be naturally replenished, falling into five primary categories: biomass, geothermal, hydropower, wind, and solar. This report … Read More
Call for Proposals: ERIA–UNCTAD Project on Updating Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) 16 East Asian Countries
10 July 2023
Background In 2015, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), … Read More
Annual Report 2022
07 June 2023
ERIA’s Annual Report 2022 highlights the organisation’s wide range of activities, including research, seminars, capacity building, policy design, and dissemination initiatives. In his message, Prof … Read More
Understanding the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement: A Means to Support ASEAN Integration
26 April 2023
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the importance of digital technologies in the economy, particularly in e-commerce and digital financial services. Recognising the importance … Read More
Publications Catalogue 2023
14 April 2023
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia publishes books, research reports, discussion papers, and policy briefs to share and disseminate its research findings … Read More
Regional Integration in Indo-Pacific: Connectivity, Cooperation, and New Supply-Chain Linkages
31 March 2023
The evolving economic architecture in the Indo-Pacific rests squarely on the post-war construct of the Asia-Pacific, which is undergoing changes in the established patterns of … Read More
Geographical Simulation Analysis for CADP 3.0
11 January 2023
The economic impact of the development of transport and digital infrastructure and the adoption of energy-saving technologies envisaged in the Comprehensive Asia Development Plan 3.0 … Read More
The Indo-Pacific Partnership and Digital Trade Rule Setting: Policy Proposals
14 December 2022
The idea of the Indo-Pacific was borne from a global trend that has (re)oriented the centre of the world’s economic gravity to the East. Accelerating … Read More
Exploring Short-term Solutions to the Global Gas Crisis
13 December 2022
This brief explores short-term solutions for stabilising the global gas market so that the world can continue to recover amidst the Russia–Ukraine geopolitical crisis. The … Read More
Special Report of COVID-19 Impacts on Energy Demand and Energy-Saving Potential in East Asia, 2021
09 December 2022
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia face tremendous challenges in navigating the future energy landscape and in determining how the energy … Read More
New Dynamism in ASEAN and East Asia: The Role of the RCEP as a ‘Living’ Agreement
06 December 2022
This policy brief highlights the importance of maintaining open regionalism and economic and regional integration for sustainable and inclusive regional and global growth in the … Read More
Analysis of Future Mobility Fuel Scenarios Considering the Sustainable Use of Biofuels-Phase-2
29 November 2022
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector is now attracting attention worldwide. To meet the Paris Agreement 2030 targets, East Asia Summit … Read More
Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2022
14 November 2022
The Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2022 provides an overview of both new and ongoing projects that ERIA researchers are currently working on as of … Read More
Dynamism of East Asia and RCEP: The Framework for Regional Integration
02 November 2022
Recent research conducted by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) details the structure of … Read More
Trade Remedies Chapter
21 October 2022
The aim of this paper is to analyse the trade remedies chapter in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. Based on the comprehensive analysis … Read More
Investment Liberalisation in East and Southeast Asia
21 October 2022
This paper presents the trends and patterns in the inflows and outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) and reviews FDI liberalisation in East and Southeast … Read More
Restrictiveness of RCEP Rules of Origin: Implications for Global Value Chains in East Asia
21 October 2022
This chapter aims to examine the restrictiveness of rules of origin (RoO) in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and other key multilateral free trade … Read More
International Production Network in the Next Generation and the Role of RCEP
21 October 2022
This paper attempts to discuss the potential role of RCEP from the perspective of two kinds of international division of labor, i.e., machinery international production … Read More
Revisiting Electricity Market Reforms: Lessons for ASEAN and East Asia
30 September 2022
This book combines the fundamentals of industrial organization theories based on microeconomic foundations, applied econometrics and environmental and natural resource economics in undertaking a comprehensive … Read More
Technology List and Perspectives for Transition Finance in Asia
22 September 2022
The Technology List and Perspectives for Transition Finance in Asia (TLPTFA) aims to support the smooth energy transitions in developing Asia with realistic approaches that … Read More
The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) 3.0: Towards an Integrated, Innovative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economy
16 September 2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused trade disruptions; a drop in foreign direct investment; and scarring effects on poverty, education, and women in many … Read More
Health and Long-term Care Information in Ageing Asia
02 September 2022
Global ageing is continuing. Not only the proportion of older persons, but also the absolute numbers of older persons in emerging countries have been increasing … Read More
The Post COVID-19 and RCEP: Pandemic Recovery in East Asia
15 August 2022
The paper examines the impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the COVID-19 pandemic recovery of the East Asian countries. Recent studies highlight … Read More
Comparison of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Other Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
15 August 2022
This study evaluates the desirability of RCEP by comparing it with other mega-lateral FTAs. Evaluating the member-specific scale effects of the FTAs, we find that … Read More
Australia’s Interests in East Asia’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
05 August 2022
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement was seen as important for Australia economically and politically from its inception. RCEP economies account for roughly two-thirds … Read More
New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing
22 June 2022
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seems to be behind us now, the scarring effects on employment, poverty, and education will last forever. Women, youth, and … Read More
Demand and Supply Potential of Hydrogen Energy in East Asia – Phase 3
17 June 2022
The Hydrogen Demand and Supply Potential Study: Phase 3 assesses and forecasts hydrogen production potential using unused or unutilised energy, which are hydropower sources … Read More
ERIA Annual Report 2021
17 June 2022
ERIA’s Annual Report 2021 presents the organisation’s various activities – such as research, seminars, capacity building, policy design, and dissemination initiatives – in fiscal year … Read More
Robots and AI: A New Economic Era
15 June 2022
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful forces that will likely have large impacts on the size, direction, and composition of international trade flows. This … Read More
Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19: Regional Policies and Practices for Green Recovery
14 June 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global health crisis. To contain the disease, governments in ASEAN and East Asia have implemented strict lockdowns and curbed … Read More
Publications Catalogue 2022
19 May 2022
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia publishes books, research reports, discussion papers, and policy briefs to share and disseminate its research findings … Read More
Call for Proposals: Collectives of Best Practices and Policies to Promote CCUS Development and Deployment: Policy Implications for ASEAN and East Asia
27 April 2022
Background The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) is inviting research proposals for studies related to Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) … Read More
Projecting Infrastructure Needs and the Financing Mechanism: A Review of Estimations by ADB, McKinsey, and the OECD
24 March 2022
How much does a country, a region, and the world need to spend on infrastructure development to fulfil demand? This question has been asked frequently … Read More
Implicit Subsidies for Infrastructure and Their Implications for Contingent Liabilities in Selected East Asian Countries
23 March 2022
A government's investment decision for infrastructure development is a form of budget commitment which results in direct liabilities and possible contingent liabilities. The latter is … Read More
East Asian Production Networks Go Beyond the Gravity Prediction
21 March 2022
This paper provides empirical evidence that supports the continuing importance of machinery international production networks (IPNs) in East Asia. We first confirm their robustness and … Read More
