South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population, especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming as compared to East Asia. The report examines three critical and relatively understudied drivers of competitiveness: economies of...

This paper reviews the policies and regulations for special economic zones and other spatial development modalities in the countries within proximity of the Eastern Corridor in South Asia, and it assesses whether those policies and regulations are effectively designed. The assessment finds mixed...

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted food security. In particular, the closure of international borders disrupted the food supply chain. Our paper examines the interaction between COVID-19, agri-food trade, and food inflation using evidence from South Asia. Using fixed effect and...