We invite submissions of unpublished empirical studies, survey articles, historical analyses, and policy-oriented research exploring themes on the future of Asia’s development and globalization. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Globalization and economic development
• Consequences of globalization for poverty, inequality, and welfare
• Trade, trade policy, and global value chains
• International migration and investment
• Global and regional economic and financial integration
• Technology, innovation, digitalization, and international competitiveness
• Maintaining debt sustainability in the recovery
• Containing inflation and ensuring macroeconomic and financial stability
• Agriculture development and food security
• Climate change and implications of achieving net-zero carbon
• Jobs, skills, and income security in the era of globalization
• Mitigating long-term economic scarring from the pandemic
• Closing gender gaps in income and opportunities
• Approaches to closing digital divides

Interested authors shall register here to submit papers by 28 February 2023. Submissions will be evaluated in terms of originality, analytical rigor, and policy relevance in the Asian context. Decisions on paper selection will be released in March and April 2023.

Authors of accepted papers may be invited to submit their work for publication in a Special Issue of the Asian Development Review.

 
KEY DATES

Paper submission deadline: 28 February 2023
Decision notifications: March and April 2023
Registration period: March–April 2023 
Draft Agenda: May 2023
Conference: 15–16 July 2023

ADVISORY BOARD

Albert F. Park (ADB)
Joseph E. Zveglich, Jr. (ADB)
Donghyun Park (ADB)
Shu Tian (ADB)
Gemma Estrada (ADB)
Tetsushi Sonobe (ADBI)
Peter Morgan (ADBI)
Daniel Suryadarma (ADBI) 
Yasuyuki Sawada  (University of Tokyo)
Aya Suzuki  (University of Tokyo)
Masahiro Shoji  (University of Tokyo)