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2 Oct 2013

Asia Must Step Up Governance Reforms to Sustain Growth and Development

Asia and the Pacific's economic gains must be matched by stepped-up efforts on governance so that growth benefits can be more evenly shared and development progress locked in, says a new ADB report.
2 Oct 2013

Developing Asia Slowing Amid Global Financial Jitters

Softer than expected economic activity in the People’s Republic of China and India and jitters over the United States quantitative easing program will weigh on Asia and the Pacific’s growth prospects in the near term, says a new ADB report.
2 Oct 2013

Philippine Economy Surging But Job Creation Lags

Booming investment and consumption continue to underpin an economic renaissance in the Philippines, but robust growth has yet to generate sizeable numbers of new jobs, says a new ADB report.
26 Sep 2013

Rising Risks to Emerging East Asia's Local Currency Bonds - ADB Report

Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets are still expanding but risks to the outlook are rising given the prospects of tighter US monetary policy, slower economic growth in Asia, and persistent capital outflows, according to the latest quarterly Asia Bond Monitor from ADB.
21 Aug 2013

Asia Cannot Bypass Manufacturing on Path to Prosperity - ADB Report

Industrialization must be an essential part of the growth formula if Asian countries want to prosper and avoid the middle income trap, says a new ADB report.
1 Aug 2013

Australia, Canada Increase Support for Philippines' Public-Private Partnerships

The Government of Canada and the Government of Australia, through ADB, are providing further funding to strengthen the Philippine Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center and the Project Development and Monitoring Facility, which finances project preparation costs to ensure the bankability of PPP projects.
16 Jul 2013

Challenge for Asia to Maintain Growth Momentum - ADB Report

Continued tepid demand from the major industrial economies coupled with slower growth in the People’s Republic of China are weighing on the outlook for developing Asia, says a new ADB report.
15 Jul 2013

PINAI Fund to Finance Wind Power Project in Northern Philippines

The Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure, a fund which is partly financed by ADB, is investing up to $85 million for a wind farm project in the northern part of the country.
4 Jun 2013

Emerging East Asia's Local Bond Markets Grow 12.1% on High Corporate Sales

Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets expanded 12.1% year-on-year to $6.7 trillion at the end of March 2013, driven by double-digit growth in corporate bonds, according to the latest edition of ADB's Asia Bond Monitor.
3 Jun 2013

ASEAN Nations Complete First-Ever Corporate Governance Scorecard

Results of the first-ever ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard will be released on 5 June 2013, resulting from the completion of the inaugural assessment of publicly-listed companies using the standardized ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard.

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