The impact of tropical cyclone Seroja impact on health services highlights a significant and ongoing challenge. How can Timor-Leste’s health system be strengthened so vital services are…

Bernard Harborne, Gregor Engelmann |

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 |

Read more about a new study conducted by the East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (EAPGIL), which evaluated the impact of the Philippines conditional cash transfer program Pantawid…

Elizaveta Perova, Abhilasha Sahay, Ervin Dervisevic, Jessica Gesund |

The World Bank updated its global poverty lines last month and the number of poor is now significantly different in certain countries and regions. For the EAP region, this changes our view of the…

Rinku Murgai, Hassan Zaman |

As Fiji begins a new stage in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Jobs for Nature 2.0 will support up to 10,000 people who will receive short-term employment opportunities and skills…

Sandor Karacsony |

Social protection measures could cushion energy price shocks. However, social protection measures in the absence of macro- or sectoral- reforms are not fiscally sustainable.

Apurva Sanghi, Jevgenijs Steinbuks |

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 |