Economics

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU Economic cooperation in East Asia has progressed steadily in its own distinct and particular way. Unlike Europe with its customs union and supranational authority in Brussels…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Mari Pangestu and Lili Yan Ing, World Bank and ERIA There are two major platforms for international cooperation that can spur economic recovery in the developing world. One is…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Nanda Min Htin, Singapore Management University In September 2021, ten Chinese state bodies jointly declared all cryptocurrency (‘crypto’) transactions illegal, while the National Development and Reform Council promised to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN Corporation One of the biggest challenges for agriculture in Japan has been its chronic worker shortage. The industry’s jobs-to-applicants ratio is higher than other sectors and…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Zhijie Ding, UC Berkeley The rules-based trading system is losing steam. While the World Trade Organisation (WTO) promised an integrated global economy regulated by multilateral rules, the world in…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Arun R Swamy, University of Guam Late last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of three laws intended to liberalise agricultural trade within the country. The…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute Entering its second year, the Biden administration has failed to produce a coherent economic policy for the Indo-Pacific. Meanwhile, two major regional trade agreements…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Kearrin Sims, James Cook University It was a milestone year for Laos in 2021. The ruling Lao Peoples’ Revolutionary Party held its 11th Congress, finally realised its long-held aspiration…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Shujiro Urata, Waseda University The year 2021 began with hope that the successful development of a new vaccine would relieve the world from the COVID-19 pandemic. But while vaccines…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Shakthi De Silva, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies Sri Lanka teeters on the edge of a grim economic precipice, entering 2022 with foreign currency reserves sufficient only for a…