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.
Bihong Huang
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Digital Finance and Financial Literacy: An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Households
Financial literacy plays an important role in bridging the digital divide and promoting digital trust.
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Strategic Environmental Regulation and Inbound Foreign Direct Investment in the People’s Republic of China
Even though the central government issues strict regulation policies, it is the local governments’ discretion to adjust and enforce compliance.
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Peer Effect, Political Competition, and Eco-Efficiency: Evidence from City-Level Data in the People’s Republic of China
A well-designed evaluation system can be effective in motivating bureaucrats to shift their efforts toward a more environmentally friendly growth path.
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Crowdfunding with Music Securities: A New Approach to Impact Investing
Impact investing activity in Asia has grown quickly, but it will be a challenge to maintain the pace of scaling due to the complex and widely heterogeneous landscape of the region.
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Networking with Peers: Evidence from a P2P Lending Platform
Lenders who are at the center of a network not only invest larger amounts but also invest more swiftly than their peers.
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Naïve or Sophisticated? Information Disclosure and Investment Decisions in Peer-to-Peer Lending
In the absence of an effective credit scoring system, any voluntary information disclosure without verification could impair investment choices.
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Environmental Performance in Asia: Overview, Drivers, and Policy Implications
Countries in Asia would benefit from a scientific approach to policy design that improves the quality of environmental governance, in addition to the continuous commitment of resources.
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The Gender Gap in Peer-to-Peer Lending: Evidence from the People’s Republic of China
Lending to female borrowers is associated with better loan performance.
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Do Banks Price Environmental Risk? Evidence from a Quasi Natural Experiment in the People’s Republic of China
Policy makers and stakeholders much assess the risks that environmental degradation and climate change pose for the stability of the financial system.
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Optimal Regulation of P2P Lending for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Regulators should be mindful of P2P lending risks, while seeking to capitalize on the benefits to SMEs.
Editor
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Developing Infrastructure in Central Asia: Impacts and Financing Mechanisms
Infrastructure development can give Central Asian economies an important boost for maintaining growth momentum, eradicating poverty, and addressing climate change.
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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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Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia
The development of financial technology has already radically altered the landscape of the financial system in Asia and promises to have an even greater impact in coming years.
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Demystifying Rising Inequality in Asia
Rising income inequality is a key challenge for policy makers in developing Asia.
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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.