Publications

Nam Foo, the 2021 visiting fellow, explored the potential economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s foreign direct investment, especially on Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Belt and Road countries.

This sixth issue of the CAREC Institute Quarterly Economic Monitor looks at economic developments in the CAREC region based on latest available GDP, fiscal, monetary, and external economy data, along with some high-frequency data and discusses several aspects of current and potential future developments.

It explores ways to unlock sustainable and inclusive growth opportunities in CAREC countries by analyzing innovations in digital transformation, e-taxation, financial technology promotion, and debt sustainability, and the impact on small businesses and households. The book’s insights provide a springboard for crisis response efforts across CAREC countries aimed at accelerating economic recovery.

This research report provides a questionnaire-based primary data collected in six CAREC countries.

Global inflationary pressures could eventually ease because long-term inflation expectations are well anchored, but the outlook varies markedly and in some developing economies high inflation is likely to last longer mainly affected by factors such as rising food prices and currency depreciation.