ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
John Beirne
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Risk-Off Shocks and Spillovers in Safe Havens
Policy makers should be vigilant to potential volatility in currency markets and ensure that appropriate countercyclical adjustment mechanisms are available.
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Institutional Quality and Macrofinancial Resilience in Asia
National authorities and international financial institutions should work together to enhance the framework for measuring institutional quality.
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Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Priorities for Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital technology adoption in the financial sector and impacted the role of financial technology firms in supporting households and businesses.
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Nonbank Finance and Monetary Policy Transmission in Asia
Excessive risk-taking by nonbanks could lead to systemic risk vulnerabilities in economic downturns.
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Harnessing Digitalization for Sustainable Economic Development: Insights for Asia
Digital transformation can raise the productive capacities of economies in Asia, helping to enhance trade, financial inclusion, and firm competitiveness.
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When the United States and the People’s Republic of China Sneeze: International Real and Financial Spillovers in Asia
Emerging Asian economies are overall more susceptible to monetary policy shocks emanating from the People's Republic of China than those from the United States.
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Local Currency Bond Markets, Foreign Investor Participation, and Capital Flow Volatility in Emerging Asia
Greater development of local currency bond markets helps to mitigate against capital flow volatility, while foreign investor participation has the opposite effect.
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What Matters for Private Investment Financing in Renewable Energy Globally and in Asia?
Feed-in-tariffs have the greatest overall effect in Asia on driving private investment in renewable energy.
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Bracing for the Typhoon: Climate Change and Sovereign Risk in Southeast Asia
Greater climate vulnerability appears to have a sizable positive effect on sovereign bond yields, while greater resilience to climate change has an offsetting effect.
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Feeling the Heat: Climate Risks and the Cost of Sovereign Borrowing
Vulnerability to the direct effects of climate change matter more than climate risk resilience in the implications for sovereign borrowing costs.
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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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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.
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Climate Change and Sovereign Risk
Governments must climate-proof their economies and public finances or potentially face an ever-worsening spiral of climate vulnerability and unsustainable debt burdens.
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Report on Climate Change and Sovereign Risk Explained
Climate Change and Sovereign Risk describes how climate change could significantly impact sovereign risk and fiscal sustainability in Southeast Asia and other highly climate vulnerable areas and offers policy recommendations.