Local Content Requirements Promises and Pitfalls

06 November 2023

As anti-globalisation and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, the use of local content requirements (LCRs) around the world has become more noticeable than ever before. … Read More

Infrastructure, Climate Change, Finance, East Asia

Financing Infrastructure for Climate-Change Adaptation in Developing East Asia

07 July 2023

Climate change has resulted in a surge in natural disasters, and the Asia-Pacific region alone contributes to over half of the global carbon dioxide emissions. … Read More

Innovation and Technology, Industry

Technological Innovation and the Development of the Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Industry Based on Patent Value Analysis

09 June 2023

Currently, major economies are competing on the technological and industrial development of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). This paper discusses the relationship between the patent … Read More

Energy, ASEAN, China, India, Japan

Electricity Market Reforms in the ASEAN, China, India, and Japan

03 May 2023

The electricity sector's reforms aim to modernise its infrastructure, rules, policies, and procedures to allow for more efficiency and for clean energy to have the … Read More

Indo-Pacific, Connectivity, Trade, Global Value Chains, Supply Chain

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

non-tariff measures, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Korea

Non-tariff Measures Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea

30 September 2022

Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have become increasingly numerous and prominent. The majority of these NTMs are imposed for reasons not primarily related to trade: for human, … Read More

China, East Asia, RCEP, Trade, Regulation and Governance

China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: An Economic and Political Perspective

05 August 2022

This paper studies China’s policies and participation in East Asian economic integration and cooperation. The progress of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is remarkable … Read More

Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19

Sustainable Development Goals and Pandemic Planning: Role of Efficiency Based Regional Approaches

14 June 2022

This book assesses the progress in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ASEAN, India, and China using the above framework conditions in the … Read More

Trade, Education, Poverty, Macroeconomy, fiscal, COVID-19

COVID-19 in Indonesia: Impacts on the Economy and Ways to Recovery

28 March 2022

This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macro economy. The book explains how fiscal … Read More

China, non-tariff measures, Trade

Technical Barriers to Trade, Product Quality and Trade Margins: Firm-level Evidence

07 February 2022

As tariffs have declined to a low level, the trade literature has paid increasing attention to the impact of non-tariff measures. Unlike tariffs, non-tariff measures … Read More