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NEW BOOK: Postal Savings: Reaching Everyone in Asia
This volume, edited by Naoyuki Yoshino (ADBI), Jose Anson (Universal Postal Union), and Matthias Helble (ADBI), explains the benefits of postal financial inclusion in Asia and presents strategies ranging from postal savings to full-fledged bank accounts. Click here to download the book.
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Fair competition needed for level playing field, private sector development, say policy makers
ADBI Deputy Dean Chul Ju Kim, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Rod Sims, and Japan Fair Trade Commission Chairman Kazuyuki Sugimoto opened the 14th East Asia Top-Level Meeting on Competition Policy, hosted by the ACCC, on 29 August, in Sydney, Australia. The 11th East Asia Conference on Competition Policy and Law was held on 30 August.
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Innovative fintech can promote inclusive and sustainable growth, say conference experts
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bank of Thailand (BoT), ADB Institute and BoT held a conference highlighting the contributions of innovative fintech to future growth, on 6–7 August in Bangkok. ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino and BoT Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob welcomed the participants. Dean Yoshino also spoke on infrastructure finance and household debt. ADB Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Bambang Susantono explained how ADB supports financial innovation, and former Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa spoke about the implications of fintech for monetary policy and banking supervision. Peter Morgan, ADBI’s Research co-chair; Bihong Huang, an ADBI research fellow; and ADB’s Noritaka Takamatsu, Shigehiro Shinozaki, and Cyn-Young Park also gave presentations.
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ADBI, ADB discuss knowledge cooperation with Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea's First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Geon Il Hwang, EARD DG Amy Leung, and ADBI Deputy Dean Chul Ju Kim met on 4 September to discuss knowledge-based cooperation and cofinancing in east Asia. The joint ADB-ADBI team also met with Deputy President of the Export and Import Bank of Korea Kang Seung Joong and First Vice President of the Korea Development Bank Dae Hyun Lee, as well as scholars from Yonsei University and Ajou University.
Asia Pathways Blog
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- Financial development and stability in the People’s Republic of China: Evaluating the policy challenges
- Land trust laws as a solution to the land acquisition dilemma for infrastructure development in Asia
- The sanitation economy: Digging for treasure
- Evidence-based capacity building can inspire policy makers to accelerate sanitation interventions in Asia
Events
- Third CAREC Energy Investment Forum
- Advisory Council Policy Dialogue: Land Acquisition and Infrastructure Development through Land Trust Laws
- Transport Forum: Innovative Finance
- Development Partner Roundtable and Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Sanitation in Asia
- Engaging Civil Society Organizations in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals
Books
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Postal Savings: Reaching Everyone in Asia
Postal networks do much to improve people’s access to bank accounts in a digitally connected 21st century.
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Wealthy But Unhealthy: Overweight and Obesity in Asia and the Pacific: Trends, Costs, and Policies for Better Health
High rates of overweight and obesity in Asia and the Pacific seriously threaten people’s health and undermine the region’s prosperity.
Latest
Postal networks do much to improve people’s access to bank accounts in a digitally connected 21st century. Postal Savings: Reaching Everyone in Asia
The Bank of Japan’s purchase of exchange-traded funds under monetary easing policy is unprecedented in scale and duration among major central banks.
Bank of Japan’s Exchange-Traded Fund Purchases as an Unprecedented Monetary Easing Policy
Increased imports from the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2000 to 2014 led to a fall in income inequality in provinces and districts in Viet Nam.
The Impact of Increased Import Competition from the People’s Republic of China on Income Inequality and Household Welfare in Viet Nam
India is the third-largest country in energy investments but it needs to do more to reach its goal of producing renewable energy.
Green Energy Finance in India: Challenges and Solutions
Reluctance to finance renewable energy projects has been a major barrier to green energy expansion in Asia.
Financial Barriers to Development of Renewable and Green Energy Projects in Asia
Feed-in tarrifs and loans have proven effective in scaling up private investment in renewable energy.
Implications of Fiscal and Financial Policies for Unlocking Green Finance and Green Investment
