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Authors Describe Infrastructure Solutions for Emerging Asia-Europe Trade Channel
Keys to boosting Asia-Europe trade routes and sustainable growth in Central Asian countries were highlighted during a webinar on 25 October that launched the ADBI Press book Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor. The coeditors and a panel of experts stressed the importance of physical infrastructure development in the region for enhancing trade and economic opportunities. They also explained how the economic spillover effects of infrastructure growth in local areas can be harnessed to attract greater private investment in future projects. Download the book and view the webinar recording and presentations.
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Officials, Experts Discuss Asia’s Patent System Development to Drive Innovative Recovery
Ways to build patent protection and innovative COVID-19 recovery in Asia were explored during a virtual workshop cohosted by ADBI, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and United States Patent and Trademark Office on 21 October. Drawing upon country-level case studies, patent officials and experts examined patent-innovation dynamics. They also discussed strategies for developing cost-effective institutions and information systems that could enhance the region’s patent protection and innovative growth. View the webinar recording.
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T20 Policy Brief Charts Transition Path to Circular Economy, Greener Future
A new Think20 (T20) Italy policy brief by ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and global think tank experts describes policy priorities for transitioning from a linear to circular economy to enhance green development. It explains how this approach can transform resource-intensive economies into sustainable ones that reduce pollution and waste and alleviate environmental damage and climate risk. The policy brief assesses ways to integrate this structural change in urban development and supply chains, and highlights digitalization’s role in supporting a circular economy. It urges policy makers to identify a viable transition path, including skills training and regulation in-line with local conditions.
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ADBI Researcher Outlines Asia’s Food Security Challenges, Ways Forward During BBC Webinar
ADBI’s Dil Rahut described Asia’s food security outlook during the BBC Follow the Food webinar on 12 October. He explained the root causes of food and nutrition shortages despite increasing food production in the region. Rahut said these include population growth, land degradation and water scarcity exacerbated by climate change, food losses, and vulnerable farmers’ lack of access to information. Greater policy efforts to promote sustainable agriculture practices and technologies will be key to meeting Asia’s changing agriculture and food security needs, he concluded.
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New Book Spotlights Path to Trans-Caspian Corridor Transport and Trade Breakthroughs
The new ADBI Press book Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor explores keys to meeting changing infrastructure needs and its potential to drive inclusive and sustainable growth in this increasingly important channel for transportation and trade linking Asia and Europe. Coedited by ADBI’s Dina Azhgaliyeva and the University of Reading’s Yelena Kalyuzhnova, the book examines physical infrastructure development in the region, particularly transport and energy infrastructure, and its implications for trade and economic opportunities. It also provides policy insights on boosting the Trans-Caspian Corridor’s development, the economic spillover effects of physical infrastructure growth in local areas, and new trade and transit routes. Download the book, view the summary video, and register for the launch webinar.
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Books
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Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor
Spanning from the People’s Republic of China through Central Asian countries along the Caspian Sea to Europe, the Trans-Caspian Corridor is an increasingly important channel for transportation and cross-border trade.
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COVID-19 Impacts and Policy Options: An Asian Perspective
COVID-19 economic recovery can be advanced by greater efforts to boost longer-term resilience and sustainability in Asia and the Pacific.
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Demographic Transition and Its Impacts in Asia and Europe
Demography is a principal driving force for economic growth and social development.
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New Book Spotlights Path to Trans-Caspian Corridor Transport and Trade Breakthroughs
A new ADBI Press book explores keys to meeting changing infrastructure needs and its potential to drive inclusive and sustainable growth in the Trans-Caspian Corridor, an increasingly important channel for transportation and cross-border trade linking...
Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor
Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor examines physical infrastructure development in the region and its implications for trade and economic opportunities.
Spanning from the People’s Republic of China through Central Asian countries along the Caspian Sea to Europe, the Trans-Caspian Corridor is an increasingly important channel for transportation and cross-border trade. Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor
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Johkasou – Wastewater Management in a Local Municipality in Japan
New Book Assesses Demographic Transition’s Grip on Sustainable Development in Asia, Europe
A newly published ADBI Press book examines the sectoral and social effects of accelerating population aging in Asia and Europe and its implications for sustainable development in these regions moving forward.
COVID-19 Impacts and Policy Options: An Asian Perspective
This inaugural book in the ADBI Series on Asian and Pacific Sustainable Development provides crucial insights into the economic effects and policy implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
COVID-19 economic recovery can be advanced by greater efforts to boost longer-term resilience and sustainability in Asia and the Pacific. COVID-19 Impacts and Policy Options: An Asian Perspective
Inaugural ADBI Series Book Assesses COVID-19 Economic Recovery Next Steps
The newly published inaugural book in the ADBI Series on Asian and Pacific Sustainable Development provides crucial insights into the economic effects and policy implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
ADBI Builds G20 Capacity for Delivering Post-COVID-19 Sustainability Breakthroughs
ADBI has championed the development of new evidence-based Think20 (T20) proposals to help Group of 20 (G20) leaders navigate COVID-19 challenges and advance sustainable and inclusive global recovery.
Videos
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- COVID-19 Impacts and Policy Options: An Asian Perspective
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- Demographic Transition and Its Impacts in Asia and Europe
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- India shows how boosting clean water delivery can improve women’s economic participation
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