Regional cooperation and integration


ASEAN Needs to Green Global Value Chains amid Climate Risks
This would entail significant policy change, grant of incentives, and reskilling or upskilling of the region's workforce.

Tags: SEADS 2023, ASEAN, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Energy

Sharing Knowledge and Experiences on Best Practices and Emerging Mechanisms Key to Net-Zero Transition
Deep, rapid, and sustained mitigation and adaptation actions also needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

Tags: 2023 Videos, SEADS 2023, SEADS2023, ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Energy, Sustainable Development Goals, Regional cooperation and integration

To Decarbonize Global Value Chains, ASEAN Countries Must Address Climate Issues in Each Sector
Climate impacts among challenges threatening ASEAN's position in global value chains.

Tags: 2023 Videos, SEADS 2023, ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Energy, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Technology

Understanding the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement: A Means to Support ASEAN Integration
This policy brief examines the importance of further integrating ASEAN's digital economy and provides policy recommendations on the provisions that should be included in the DEFA.

Tags: ASEAN, Information and communications technology, Economy, Regional cooperation and integration

Review and Assessment of the Indonesia–Malaysia–Thailand Growth Triangle Economic Corridors: Integrative Report
This report reveals how to boost the subregion's development based on the countries' physical connectivity and cross-border trade, while also mapping a new corridor. 

Tags: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Regional cooperation and integration, Trade and industry

ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
This book reviews the challenges and opportunities facing GVCs in Southeast Asia as they build greater resilience and promote sustainable, green development for the region and its people.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Trade and Investment Key to Asia and Pacific’s Green Future
While trade and investment have fueled remarkable economic growth in Asia in recent decades, it has also led to large increases in carbon dioxide emissions in the region—which is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than any other.

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Economics, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration

Asian Economic Integration Report 2023: Trade, Investment, and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
This report shows how smart trade and investment policies, and regulatory cooperation can help Asia-Pacific economies tackle climate change, recover from the pandemic, and support resilient and sustainable development.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment

Helping Tourism MSMEs Take the Digital Path to Recovery and Resilience
ADB and Thailand organize training to help tourism MSMEs adopt digital technologies to analyze consumer data, market services, and boost profitability.

Tags: Tourism, Regional cooperation and integration, Sustainable Development Goals, Private sector development, Information and communications technology, Thailand

BKCF Grants Fund Now Open for Third Round of Project Proposals
Priority projects include renewable energy, green enterprises, sustainable tourism, low-carbon transport, and high-quality agro-fisheries production.

Tags: Regional cooperation and integration, Environment, Tourism, Agriculture and food security, Information and communications technology, Transportation

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