Enabling growth in the new economy: Industrial policy choices in a world of disruptive technological change
This paper examines recent technological develop
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E-commerce provisions in RTAs: Implications for negotiations and capacity building
This paper addresses the regulatory and policy e
Digital trade integration in preferential trade agreements
The growth of digital trade is depen
Healthcare products trade and external shocks: The US-China trade war and COVID-19 pandemic
In 2019 and the early months of 2020, global tra
In Preparation for WTO MC12: Safeguarding Trade Interests of LDCs and Securing Trade Interests of Graduating LDCs
This publication was prepared in order to respond to several of the LDC members of ESCAP and to a
Addressing non-tariff measures to promote Pakistan’s textile sector
The paper aims to identify the various types of non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting Pakistan’s t
The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics and The Future Work
In an era marked by inexorable advances in artificial and remote intelligence (RI) generated by g
What role should connectivity play in reenergising South Asia?
South Asia could unleash its full potentials, provided, it improves the infrastructure facilities
Next generation non-tariff measures: Emerging data policies and barriers to digital trade
Trade used to be about goods crossing borders and the instrument of protection was mostly through
Fostering cross-border twin cities as instruments for sustainable development
Looking closely at borders in South-East Asia reveals the existence of adjacent townships of different nations that develop across the border with varying degrees of parallelism. Such cross-border twin cities act as production, trade, logistics and border nodes, shaping cross-border value chains and concentrating economic activities, industries, resources, labour forces, knowledge and infrastructure in geographical spaces connected by multimodal transport networks. Literature assessing the development of cross-border twin cities generally reveals cross-cutting socioeconomic benefits for the border zones, indicating strong potential for sustainable and inclusive development. This study hence attempts to build a theoretical framework of cross-border twin cities...