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New Guide to Delivering Asian Environmental Breakthroughs
The new ADBI book Ways to Achieve Green Asia practically assesses the region’s changing environment and economic implications of climate change. It examines associated policy challenges and opportunities, ranging from environmental regulation to carbon market growth. The book also explores the relationship between globalization and the environment, including experiences and lessons learned in India and the People’s Republic of China relevant to advancing trade and green growth across Asian economies.
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New ADBI-ADB Book Examines Governance Keys for Developing Asia
Produced by ADBI and ADB’s Gambhir Bhatta, “Those That Fix the Lights”: The Practice of Public Sector Management in Developing Asia evaluates governance trends and solutions vital to satisfying increasing demand for public goods and services. The book takes stock of the region’s governance and public sector reform challenges and describes keys to advancing priorities such as domestic resource mobilization, state-owned enterprise reform, and local governance and services provision.
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New Book Highlights Asian Water and Sanitation Solutions
Produced by ADBI and the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Water Insecurity and Sanitation in Asia addresses water and sanitation provision challenges related to rapid urbanization in the region. The book explores viable infrastructure financing solutions based on Asia’s recent water and sanitation sector developments and their spillover effects. It seeks to help meet increasing demand while mitigating government resource constraints, private investment risk-return concerns, and mixed public-private partnership results, particularly for sustainable sanitation.
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ADBI-City of Yokohama Build Solid Waste Management Capacity
City-level solid waste management strategies and best practices were spotlighted during an ADBI-City of Yokohama workshop in Tokyo and site visits in Yokohama on 9-11 December. The proceedings examined solid waste reduction and handling innovations in Yokohama, as well as experiences and lessons learned shared by participating officials from Batam, Indonesia; Da Nang City, Viet Nam; Mandaue City, the Philippines; and Suva, Fiji. The focus was on building capacity to improve waste segregation, recycling, incineration and disposal, and public outreach in cities in developing Asia and the Pacific.
Events
- ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-Related Disaster Resilience Under Climate Change
- Conference on Investments in Startups and Small Business Financing
- 10th ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia: Future of Labor Migration in Asia Challenges & Opportunities in the Next Decade
- Workshop on Trade, Global Value Chains, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Books
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Ways to Achieve Green Asia
Escalating environmental degradation and the risk of climate change are attracting growing attention from both policy makers and the public.
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“Those That Fix the Lights”: The Practice of Public Sector Management in Developing Asia
While countries in Developing Asia have had difficulties in instituting governance and public sector reforms, the scope for doing so has never been better.
Latest
Escalating environmental degradation and the risk of climate change are attracting growing attention from both policy makers and the public. Ways to Achieve Green Asia
The effective tax rate is low in poor countries because tax collection requires human capital, which is scarce.
Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Public Expenditure
The optimal central bank digital currency design trades off bank intermediation against the social value of maintaining diverse payment instruments.
Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies
Population aging diminishes the effectiveness of monetary policy and weakens the fiscal stimulus.
How Does Population Aging Affect the Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policies?
What lessons does European integration hold for Asia?
Different Paths to Economic Integration in Europe and Asia
Exports in intermediate goods are more sensitive to trade barriers than total goods exports.
Economic Integration and Network Trade: A Comparison of East Asia and the European Union
Asia should develop its own model of regional financial cooperation.
Why Is There No Asian Monetary Fund?
Japan's statistical problems are the consequences of rapid change in the data environment and dwindling resources for statistics.
Reforms and Crises in Government Statistics: The Case of Japan
The regulatory environment of India's electricity sector does influence sector outcomes.
Does Regulation Promote Sustainable Development Outcomes? Empirical Evidence from the Indian Electricity Sector
While countries in Developing Asia have had difficulties in instituting governance and public sector reforms, the scope for doing so has never been better. “Those That Fix the Lights”: The Practice of Public Sector Management in Developing Asia
Increasing the use of renewable energy in electricity generation can play a significant role in realizing Turkey’s long-term goal of forming a natural gas corridor within its borders.
Energy Insecurity in Turkey: Opportunities for Renewable Energy
If public enterprises function like private sector organizations, very efficiently without actually privatizing the enterprises, they can satisfy the agendas of profit making and the social responsibility.
Reform and Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises in India
Videos
- Water Insecurity and Sanitation in Asia
- Aging Societies: Policies and Perspectives
- Build your qualifications for Asia and the Pacific development jobs with ADBI E-Learning!
- Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia
- Bridging the digital tax divide in Asia
- Delivering safety for high-speed rail
Podcast
- The future of fintech and inclusive finance is now in Asia and the Pacific
- Solid waste build-up challenges Asia’s city planners
- Will the People’s Republic of China remain a green bonds leader?
- ADBI book launch of Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia
- ADBI book launch of Achieving Energy Security in Asia
- Rethinking engineer training is vital to meeting Asian infrastructure demand
