East Asian Studies: Regional & Country-Specific Resources

This report discusses the complex topic of Structural Reform and an Enabling Environment for Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Businesses. In particular, it sheds light on the important intersection between private activity and the public interest.

APEC member countries support free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, and the establishment of greater regional community to address the economic and social dimensions of development

The objective of the ADB is to achieve a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. The ADB assists its member nations by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.

With a problem-solving mandate, the ASPI tackles major policy challenges now confronting the Asia-Pacific region in security & Diplomacy; Trade, Investment, & Innovation; Climate & Energy; and Society, Technology, & Public Health.

Sources of statistics for Asia and the countries of Asia. Click on the "East Asia" tab for regional and country-specific statistical links.

ESCAP promotes cooperation among its 53 member states in pursuit of solutions to sustainable development challenges. ESCAP supports inclusive, resilient and sustainable development in the region by generating action-oriented knowledge, and by providing technical assistance and capacity-building services in support of national development objectives, and regional agreements

The UNESCO Digital Library - East Asia - provides access to books, journals, meeting documents, conference materials and speeches for the countries of East Asia. Scroll down to limit results by year.

The UN is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.[

The World Bank has extensive resources (reports, working papers, and articles) on East. These resources focus on development policies and programs. This link brings you to a list of those resources.

The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing economies build their trade capacity. WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements, and to settle trade disputes.