In the Spotlight
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Improving Sectoral Growth Drivers to Boost Southeast Asia’s Post-Pandemic Recovery
Transforming Southeast Asia’s established tourism, garments, and agro-processing industries, and leveraging advances in electronics and digital trade, could support the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ADB Finances Electric Ferries in Thailand — First in Southeast Asia
ADB and Energy Absolute signed a 160 million Thai baht loan agreement to finance an electric ferry fleet for mass rapid transport in Bangkok—the first such transport system in Southeast Asia.
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ADB, LDC Sign $100 Million Loan to Support Smallholder Farmer Livelihoods and Climate Resilience
ADB and LDC, signed a loan of up to $100 million to help smallholder farmers recover from the economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and improve their resilience to climate change impacts.
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Digitizing Asia’s Tax Agencies
The tax administration of the future will be digitized and use new technologies which revolutionize tax processes, enhancing speed and accuracy.