An enabling trade policy framework could play a critical role in helping Indonesia boost exports and competitiveness, supporting the government’s objective of becoming a high-income country by…

Csilla Lakatos, Angella Faith Montfaucon, Bayu Agnimaruto, Jana Silberring, Mochamad Pasha, Lamiaa Bennis |

Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are measures countries establish to ensure that traded products are safe, healthy, and environmentally friendly.

Angella Faith Montfaucon, Jana Silberring, Csilla Lakatos, Massimiliano Calì, Bayu Agnimaruto |

Laos relies on global and regional trade for economic growth. The World Bank supports efforts to streamline its border clearance.

Konesawang Nghardsaysone, Khampao Nanthavong |

The more accurate the public can be in documenting their driving experiences, the more precise government agencies and development partners, like the World Bank, can help fill pot-holes—ensuring a…

Charles Cormier, Tatiana Proskuryakova |

The question Vietnam now faces is how to reach high income status through higher productivity and protection of Vietnam’s and the world’s global assets.

Manuela V. Ferro |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze, Ergys Islamaj |

On average, roughly 2 percent of Moldovan businesses have ceased operations, which is half of the average reported in the other 37 countries where a similar survey was administered. The…

Anna Akhalkatsi, Filip Jolevski, Natasha Rovo |

After a sharp slowdown to 0.9% in 2020, output in East Asia and Pacific is projected to expand 7.4% in 2021, to a level still around 3 percent below pre-pandemic projections. The pandemic is…

Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze |

East Asia entered the COVID-19 pandemic first and is likely to be the first region to recover. The region can turn this crisis to its long-term advantage by adopting bold and imaginative policies…

Victoria Kwakwa |

One August day in the mid-1960s, my parents boarded a bus in the village of Hartopul Mare in the center of Moldova to travel to the capital Chisinau, determined to get a better education and…

Boris Ciobanu, Elena Lungu |