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.

In this issue we inform about our UN observer status, and provide details of the CAREC Ministerial and the Governing Council meetings. The inaugural issue of the CAREC Quarterly Economic Monitor and MOU with the Institute of Standardization is also announced here.

在近期发布的首期《中亚学院季度经济监测报告》（以下简称：《报告》）中，中亚学院首席经济学家团队以新冠疫情对全球经济造成的严重影响为背景，收集并整理现有数据，着重分析了中亚区域经济合作地区2020年第二、三季度的经济发展状况。