This paper argues that the enhanced US-Vietnam economic ties reflect the fact that Washington has begun to recognise Vietnam’s economic potential and geopolitical significance.

We derive a measure of the relatedness between economic activities based on weighted correlations of local employment shares, and use this measure to estimate city and activity complexity. Our approach extends discrete measures used in previous studies by recognising the extent of activities' local over-representation and by adjusting for differences in signal quality between geographic...

Proposed changes to Australia’s export credit agency, Efic, pose serious financial, environmental and diplomatic risks. This paper argues that they should not be rushed through and must be subject to close scrutiny.

This report is written as a response to the proposed Australian Infrastructure Investment Fund for the Pacific (AIFFP), a $2 billion facility that intends to combine $500 million of aid grants with $1.5 million of loans to Pacific Island projects.

This report seeks to draw on and extend existing work around anchor institutions and the local wealth-building movement by developing an understanding of how anchor institutions can realise their economic and social potential by supporting community businesses.