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City Officials, Experts Guide Asia’s Post Pandemic Urban Development
City officials and experts examined post COVID-19 sustainable urban development priorities during the 9th Asia Smart City Conference on 18 January, co-hosted by the City of Yokohama, ADBI, the Asian Development Bank, and World Bank Group. They explored ways to promote smart cities, smart energy, and green growth that is inclusive and advances the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. ADBI Deputy Dean Chul Ju Kim highlighted the role of digitalization and comprehensive urban planning and management in building livable post pandemic cities.
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New Book Highlights Central Asian SMEs’ Timely Trade Potential
A new ADBI Press book examines ways to ignite small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) trade in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region crucial to COVID-19 recovery and inclusive development. Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries describes the sector’s trade challenges due to gaps in operational capacity, seaport access, infrastructure, and finance access. The book identifies measures for boosting SME participation in production and supply chains and financing. It focuses on enhancing regulation, financing options, entrepreneurship, and digital connectivity. Download the book for free and view the summary video.
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ADBI Assesses Asia’s Post-Pandemic Growth Path During ADB Forum
ADBI experts presented new research on COVID-19 impacts and recovery keys in developing Asia during the Asian Development Bank Economists’ Forum on 12-13 January. ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe discussed the findings of surveys of South Asia’s small firms and farmers and ways to enhance support for these vulnerable groups. Other ADBI experts shared insights from a Southeast Asia household survey, examined the efficacy of fiscal and monetary responses, and spotlighted policy priorities for promoting green bonds and sustainable development.
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ADBI-Cambridge University Sign Fintech Research Agreement
ADBI, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance—University of Cambridge Judge Business School, and Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research & Education in Singapore have signed a research agreement to promote digital financial innovation and knowledge-sharing in Asia and the Pacific. A newly established research team in Singapore will support joint projects on financial technology (fintech) growth, market development, and regulation to promote financial inclusion. The partnership will also provide customized training for the region’s policy makers.
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Books
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Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries
SMEs in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation countries can contribute to economic development by helping to diversify the production base, create employment opportunities, alleviate poverty, and increase regional food security.
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Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
Developing Asia’s demand for high-quality, integrated infrastructure requires a steady but equitable supply of land.
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Macroeconomic Stabilization in the Digital Age
Policy makers need to be aware of the increasing prominence of the digital economy and digital finance and seek to better understand how continued digitalization will affect policies aimed at managing the economy.
Latest
New Book Highlights Central Asian SMEs’ Timely Trade Potential
A new ADBI Press book details policy imperatives for igniting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) trade driven growth, poverty reduction, and food security in Central Asia crucial to the region’s COVID-19 recovery prospects.
Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries
SMEs in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation countries can contribute to economic development by helping to diversify the production base, create employment opportunities, alleviate poverty, and increase regional food security.
SMEs in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation countries can contribute to economic development by helping to diversify the production base, create employment opportunities, alleviate poverty, and increase regional food security. Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries
Accurate price forecasting may enable electricity generators to allocate their resources optimally to manage the dynamic demand from various regions.
Analysis of Forecasting Models in an Electricity Market under Volatility
Proactive and efficient policies that complement electricity tariff reforms are needed to enhance residential power service supply in emerging economies.
How Precious Is the Reliability of the Residential Electricity Service in Developing Economies? Evidence from India
New Book Champions Fairer Land Use for More Inclusive Asian Growth
A new ADBI Press book examines land procurement challenges and policy solutions critical to meeting Asia and the Pacific’s growing demand for quality infrastructure that can support inclusive post-pandemic growth.
Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure offers valuable guidance for policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and others interested in Asian infrastructure growth and related social protection needs of vulnerable communities.
Environmental changes could affect both the incentive and the ability to migrate.
Climate Change and International Migration: Evidence from Tajikistan
Financial literacy plays an important role in bridging the digital divide and promoting digital trust.
Digital Finance and Financial Literacy: An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Households
Islands and especially landlocked countries need to continue improving their infrastructure quality and connectivity with their neighboring countries and the rest of the world.
Infrastructure Quality, Cross-Border Connectivity, and Trade Costs
Increasing energy prices can be an effective way to suppress carbon dioxide emissions.
A Way Forward for Energy Pricing and Market Reforms to Reduce Emissions: The Case of the Top 10 Carbon Dioxide–Emitting Countries
Developing Asia’s demand for high-quality, integrated infrastructure requires a steady but equitable supply of land. Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
Videos
- Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries
- Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
- Macroeconomic Stabilization in the Digital Age
- ADBI-Led T20 Policy Briefs Promote G20 Pandemic Recovery
- Report on Climate Change and Sovereign Risk Explained
- Introducing ADBI E-Learning’s Course on Demographic Transition and its Impacts
- Introducing the Book Growing Central Bank Challenges in the World and Japan: Low Inflation, Monetary Policy, and Digital Currency
Podcast
- MSME digitalization could be the ticket to a speedy Asian recovery in 2021
- How to avoid the spiral of climate vulnerability and unsustainable debt
- Could Asia’s alarming acceleration of garbage accumulation become a sustainability success story?
- The increasingly perilous act of balancing Asia’s economies as digitalization accelerates
- The G20’s think tank network is laying the groundwork for evidence-based recovery breakthroughs
- Mastering the art of post-pandemic infrastructure policymaking in politically charged environments
