Greater Innovation Critical to Driving Sustained Economic Recovery in East Asia
Innovation is critical to productivity growth and economic progress in developing East Asia in a rapidly changing world, according to a new World Bank...
Sea transport is primary route for counterfeiters
More than half of the total value of counterfeit goods seized around the world are shipped by sea, according to a new OECD-EUIPO report.
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Confident in managing liquidity, organizations still face challenges forecasting
Most responding C-suite and other executives (84.6%) feel confident in their organizations’ abilities to manage cash and liquidity, according to a Deloitte poll. But...
Family businesses risk missing the mark on ESG – PwC
In a year where business has had to transform the way it meets the needs of society and the environment, family owned businesses risk...
Services trade restrictions increased in 2020, compounding COVID-19 economic shock
The global regulatory environment for services trade became more restrictive in 2020, with new barriers compounding the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic on exporters,...
Winter 2021 Economic Forecast: A challenging winter, but light at the end of the tunnel
Europe remains in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. The resurgence in the number of cases, together with the appearance of new, more contagious...
APEC Sees Softer Contraction in 2020, Uneven Recovery in 2021-2022
A new updated report by the APEC Policy Support Unit finds that the rebound in economic activity in the second half of 2020 and...
Road Crashes in India Increase Household Poverty and Debt
More than 75 percent of poor households in India reported a decline in their income as a result of a road traffic crash. The...
Leveraging Digital Technologies Key to Asia’s COVID-19 Recovery
Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries in Asia and the...
East Asian countries led economic recovery in last quarter of 2020
Without the resilience of the economies of East Asia and the Pacific, there would have been no global trade recovery at the end of...