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Pacific island countries need to clear many hurdles to get into export markets

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, midnight

b'As the economies of these countries have diversified, their exports have increased to almost three times what they were 2 decades ago. But the gains have been intermittent\\u2014and countries need to do more to access Asian markets to boost export revenues further.\\n\\nBusinesses need to be able to ship more to export markets. Instead of maintaining trade barriers, governments should support them and help link them to buyers and distributors.\\n\\nThose are some of the hurdles discussed in the policy brief by Wawan Juswanto and Zulfiqar Ali of the Asian Development Bank Institute.\\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttps://bit.ly/2qhLxmv\\n\\nRead the policy brief\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/economic-growth-and-sustainable-development-pacific-island-countries\\n\\nAbout the authors\\nWawan Juswanto is special advisor to the dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).\\nZulfiqar Ali was a research associate at ADBI at the time this policy brief was written.\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work\\nhttps://bit.ly/2JpxtjP\\nhttps://bit.ly/2zfIPlO'