Emerging East Asia’s bond market grew 3.4% in the third quarter to $21.7 trillion, although rising global inflation and a shift in the United States (US)...
Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs* Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement...
Authors: Yann Duval, Simon Hardy, Celine Bacrot* Countries in the Asia-Pacific region continue to make progress in digitalizing trade procedures. When these procedures are digital, they...
A person in the Asia-Pacific region is four times more at risk of natural hazards than a person in Africa and sixteen times more than someone...
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said...
As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they...
China has identified a major challenge to its dream of a China-centric Asia Pacific, in the face of Quad. Quad’s unstated priority of countering China’s growing...
Today, information space has become a field of confrontation involving major digital platforms, governments, societies and individual users. Stories featuring latest cyberattacks or state-sponsored attempts to...
Talking about development and colonial discourse, I am reminded the story of John Perkins in his book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”. This book was...
Economies in the Asia-Pacific region need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including to maintain their trade competitiveness as carbon taxes at borders threaten to rise, according to a new United Nations report. Around 16...