Description
Another year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the report describes an Asia and Pacific region that has more experience in tackling pandemic hardships, better data showing positive integration trends, and greater confidence in cooperation to address shared concerns. The report also features a theme chapter “Advancing Digital Services Trade in Asia and the Pacific”, which discusses various ways for Asian economies to capitalize on the rapid digitalization and growing digital services trade through structural reforms and international cooperation.
Objectives
Webinar attendees will have the chance to engage with the speakers and:
- Understand the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region’s economic linkages in the areas of trade and global value chains, cross-border investment, finance, and people’s mobility
- Gain a deeper understanding of how regional cooperation and integration can promote post-COVID-19 economic recovery
- Examine how digitalization and the pandemic are driving the digital services trade growth
- Discuss ways on how regional cooperation and structural reforms can help Asian economies unlock the potential of digital services trade
How to register
Registration is closed.
Resource speakers
Webinar host
Cyn-Young Park
Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank
Presenter
Albert Park
Chief Economist and Director General
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Asian Development Bank
Moderator
Karen Lane
Director, Knowledge Support Division
Department of Communications
Asian Development Bank
Background material
- Asian Economic Integration Report 2022: Advancing Digital Services Trade in Asia and the Pacific
- Presentation by ADB Chief Economist Albert F. Park
- Slide Pack: Asian Economic Integration Report 2022
- Video: Advancing Digital Services Trade in Asia and the Pacific
- Asia Regional Integration Center website