evaluate the economic, social and environmental impacts of alternative policy changes in Asia and the Pacific. The CGE analysis … through investment liberalization. While results vary across subregions in the Asia-Pacific, both trade facilitation and … that liberalization policies increase CO2 emissions at the regional level. Importantly, economic growth in Asia and the …

reliance on backward GVC participation outside of the region still looms large in East Asia. This presents the case for …

before. The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has increased its share of global commodity imports, across all sectors (minerals … energy security more challenging than before. The Asia-Pacific economies hold vast amounts of fossil and non-fossil energy … import demand. Despite holding vast coal and natural gas reserves, demand for fossil fuel in Asia and the Pacific is …

SAARC Corridor 1, which is one of the leading corridors in South Asia that handles considerably good amount of overland …