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.
Madhavi Pundit
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Economic Applicability of the Automatic Identification System Data: Use Cases and the Way Forward
This brief explores how data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) for maritime traffic could help monitor and analyze trade flows, port performance, and shipping emissions, among many potential uses.
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Appraising New Damage Assessment Techniques in Disaster-Prone Fiji
This brief explores how new satellite imagery technology can help predict the impact of tropical cyclones in climate vulnerable countries such as Fiji, analyze their potential compounding effects, and improve disaster risk management.
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Nowcasting from Space: Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Fiji’s Agriculture
This study investigates the feasibility of using remote sensing data for post-disaster damage assessment.
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A Gender-Specific Earthquake Recovery Assessment Using Administrative and Satellite Data: The Case of Indonesia’s 2016 Aceh Earthquake
This study assesses the medium-term recovery of women at the village level after the 2016 Aceh earthquake and explains how satellite and administrative data can be used to better identify how to target assistance after a disaster.
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Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and Business Cycle Fluctuations in Asia and the Pacific
This paper investigates the impact of real exchange rate (RER) misalignment on business cycles among 22 economies in Asia and the Pacific from 1990 to 2018.
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Financial Shocks and Exchange Market Pressure
This paper provides evidence for the importance of capital account openness in buffering depreciation pressures during the taper tantrum in May 2013.
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Capital Flows and Financial Stability in Emerging Economies
Evidence for the impact of international capital flows on the financial sector’s stability is mixed. This paper looks at the relationship between capital flows and financial stability in emerging economies.
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The Impact of a People’s Republic of China Slowdown on Commodity Prices and Detecting the Asymmetric Responses of Economic Activity in Asian Countries to Commodity Price Shocks
Adopting a structural dynamic regression and censoring positive and negative shocks, findings suggest limited evidence of any asymmetric response of economic activity to positive and negative commodity price shocks.
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Moderating Growth and Structural Change in the People's Republic of China: Implications for Developing Asia and Beyond
The gradual moderation in growth currently underway in the People’s Republic of China presents both challenges and opportunities for developing Asia, while concerns over a sharp slowdown in the near term are exaggerated.
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Nowcasting Indonesia
In this paper, state of the art techniques for nowcasting Indonesia's GDP growth have been applied.
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Tracking People’s Movement After Disasters Can Save Lives
Based on a case study in Indonesia, these charts illustrate how privacy-compliant human mobility data – such as mobile phone and GPS information – can provide rapid information to understand the impact of a disaster and how best to respond.