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Think20 Japan Ignites G20 Policy Innovation
Global policy experts from the Think20 are addressing new shifts in the world economy heading into Japan’s inaugural hosting of the G20 in 2019. Work to develop policy recommendations for G20 Leaders to tackle growing uncertainty and sustainability challenges and opportunities began at the T20 Japan Inception Conference in Tokyo on 4-5 December 2018 (See photos). Keynote speakers included Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs. T20 Japan 2019 is chaired by ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino and supported by 10 sectoral task forces.
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Transforming India through digital development
ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino shared his insights on digital infrastructure development and the socio-economic implications for India in keynote remarks at a sectoral conference in Delhi on 6 December 2018. The event was co-organized by ADBI and the Broadband Forum India. The participants included India Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, NitiAayog CEO Amitabh Kant and over a hundred other senior government officials, industry leaders and think tank experts.
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Best practices for financial education and consumer protection assessed in the Lao PDR
Researchers and practitioners shared their experiences of best practices in the areas of financial education and consumer protection for promoting financial inclusion, with a focus on the CLMV countries, at a conference held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 26–27 November, jointly sponsored by ADBI, the Bank of the Lao PDR, GIZ-AFP, and the OECD. One highlight was a presentation of the results of the first OECD/INFE survey of adult financial literacy in the Lao PDR by ADBI’s Peter Morgan and Long Q. Trinh.
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Stronger SMEs can contribute to development in CAREC countries
Scholars and think tank researchers explored ways to promote finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by leveraging global value chains and measuring infrastructure impacts and finance infrastructure projects in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries during back-to-back conferences held at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan on 29-30 November. ADB, ADBI, and the CAREC Institute jointly sponsored the conferences.
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Avoiding the Middle-Income Trap in Asia: The Role of Trade, Manufacturing, and Finance
Growth in high-income countries differs qualitatively from that of middle-income countries, and hence requires different factor endowments, industrial structures, and policies.
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Tax and Development: Challenges in Asia and the Pacific
Taxation is increasingly in the limelight as a development agenda item, particularly with the emergence of the G20 as the premier international forum.
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