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Policy Brief: Harnessing the Role of Technology in Promoting Safe Tourism Destinations in CAREC
Our new policy brief on harnessing the role of technology in promoting safe tourism destinations in CAREC overviews losses incurred in the industry owing to the pandemic, discusses some deep-rooted challenges, lists benefits of technology application, and provides recommendations for CAREC members, also for multilateral development partners to revive the tourism industry and enhance its experience.
DownloadWorkshop Report on Public Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccination in Selected CAREC Countries
This report summarizes the discussion of the virtual workshop jointly organized by the CAREC Institute and the Public Opinion Research Institute of Kazakhstan (PORI) delivered on 12 March 2021 with the aim to share the results of the vaccination perception polls in seven CAREC countries conducted under the CAREC Institute-PORI project. It provides differences, similarities, lessons for successful vaccination campaigns, and lists potential cooperation areas among CAREC countries explored.
DownloadResearch Conference Report: COVID-19 and Potential for Economic Recovery in the CAREC Region
The March 2021 conference tried to identify means to revisit and rethink past, present, and future of CAREC in the wake of the pandemic and catalyze research on acute topics including e-commerce taxation, e-government, fintech, tourism, debt sustainability, energy sector, workforce adaptability to the new normal, and many more. This report included the analysis and policy recommendations.
DownloadCAREC Institute E-Newsletter, February 2021
In this issue, we cover the CAREC Regional Integration Index with new data and findings, give details of SPS modernization developments in CAREC, announce research grants program and research conference, also narrate about the PRC’s 14th five-year-plan and new publications on CAREC.
DownloadWorkshop Report: Modernizing SPS Measures in CAREC and Use of Digital Certification
This report provides summary of a 24 February 2021 workshop titled “Modernizing Sanitary-Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures in CAREC and Use of Digital Certification” organized jointly by the CAREC Institute and the Asian Development Bank.
DownloadCAREC Regional Integration Index (CRII)
The CAREC Institute has updated the data for the CAREC Regional Integration Index (CRII) which measures progress in regional economic cooperation and integration among the 11 member countries of the ADB-supported CAREC Program.
DownloadCAREC Institute E-Newsletter, January 2021
In this issue, we provide details of the border-crossing improvement workshop and share several other workshop reports.
DownloadWorkshop Report: Regional Improvement of Border Services
This workshop report summarizes contents of the virtual workshop conducted during 14-22 January 2021 by the CAREC Institute and ADB on the topic of border crossing improvement with participation of project managers of the ADB-funded projects and international development partners who shared lessons of border improvement projects and relevant acute topics with other CAREC representatives.
DownloadWorking Paper: Financial Inclusion and Fintech in CAREC: Constraints and Prospects
In a new working paper on financial inclusion and fintech in CAREC, our staff discuss financial inclusion as an imperative to achieving economic growth in a globalized market, and as an essential element to accomplish important objectives, such as poverty alleviation, anti-corruption measures, employment, social equity, and wealth redistribution.
DownloadAgriculture Development in CAREC Member Countries: Review of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
His study takes stock of the 11 CAREC countries’ agriculture systems and identifies gaps as well as areas for regionwide cooperation and collaboration both in terms of policies and programs.
DownloadComparison of Integration in Asia & Europe: Policy Brief for CAREC
This policy brief emerged from a joint workshop by the CAREC Institute and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) on the topic of comparison of economic integration in Asia and Europe on 30-31 July 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
DownloadPolicy Brief: Reforming State-Owned Enterprises in Central Asia
This policy brief emerged from a joint workshop organized by the CAREC Institute, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and the American University of Central Asia, on the topic of reforming state-owned enterprises (SOE) in Central Asia during 26-27 September 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
DownloadAssessing Participation of CAREC countries in Global and Regional Value Chains
Under the CAREC Think Tanks Network (CTTN), the CAREC Institute has launched the Research Grants Program in May 2019 to support scholars and researchers from members of the CTTN to produce targeted knowledge products which would add to the body of knowledge on regional cooperation in CAREC.
DownloadCAREC Regional Integration Index: Interpretation and Policy Implications
The working paper on the CAREC Regional Integration Index (CRII) includes the index analysis, interpretation, and policy recommendations.
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