Economic Research Publications
Latest Publications
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This paper looks at how the network of cross-border banking appears to play an important role in financial contagion and how shocks are transmitted across borders.
Global Banking Network and Regional Financial Contagion -
This paper explores the effects of a firm's adoption of ICT in reducing gender inequality in the labor market.
Do Information and Communication Technologies Empower Female Workers? Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam -
Basic Statistics 2018 contains development indicators for 45 economies in the Asia and Pacific region. The publication covers selected core indicators such as international and national poverty rates, inflation, and current account balance. It also...
Basic Statistics 2018 -
Trade and investment and movement of people are the main drivers of regional integration in Asia and the Pacific from 2006 to 2016. Asia comes second to the European Union in progress on regional integration.
Constructing the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index: A Panel Approach -
This bond market guide provides an update of the recent developments in the bond market in the Republic of Korea since the first publication of the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide in 2012.
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide 2018: Republic of Korea -
A common understanding on cross-border business continuity planning and cybersecurity is important in establishing central securities depository and real-time gross settlement linkages in ASEAN+3 countries.
Common Understanding on Cross-Border Business Continuity Planning and Cybersecurity
Asia Bond Monitor – Updates on Asia’s Bond Markets
The Asia Bond Monitor examines the outlook, risks, and policy options for East Asian local currency bond markets, which enable governments to raise capital to invest in infrastructure. The publication monitors bond markets in the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries plus the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
Asian Development Outlook – Economic Forecasting in Asia
The Asian Development Outlook analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia. This includes forecasting the inflation and gross domestic product growth rates of countries throughout the region, including the People’s Republic of China and India.
Asian Development Review – Expertise on Asia and the Pacific
The Asian Development Review is a professional journal that presents expertise and analysis on economics, social development, poverty, and other issues in Asia and the Pacific.
Asian Economic Integration Report – How Asia is Working Together
The Asian Economic Integration Report reviews the progress of Asian governments’ efforts to integrate their economies and improve cooperation on a variety of levels. This report is produced annually and continues the work of Asian Economic Integration Monitor starting 2015.
Basic Statistics – The Latest Data on Asia Pacific Countries
The Basic Statistics publication provides the latest data on 45 countries and economies in Asia and the Pacific. Included are statistics on land, population, national accounts, prices, money, balance of payments, reserves, external debt, and other topics.
Economics Working Papers – Policy and Research Discussions in Asia
The Economics Working Papers series is a forum for stimulating discussion on research and policy studies that deal with economic and development problems facing the Asia and Pacific region.
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific – The Latest Facts on Asia Pacific Countries
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific publication presents data regarding the economic, financial, social, and environmental situations in a broad range of countries across Asia and the Pacific.
Regional Economic Integration Working Papers
The ADB Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration series focuses on how countries and economies in Asia and the Pacific are working together in the areas of infrastructure and software; trade and investment; money and finance; and regional public goods.
Research Topics
- Aid and Development
- Behavior and Decision Making
- Economics of Climate Change
- Employment and Labor Markets
- Financial Sector Development
- Governance and Institutions
- Growth and Structural Transformation
- Human Capital
- Infrastructure and Software
- International Trade and Finance
- Macroeconomics
- Money and Finance
- Poverty, MDGs and Inclusive Growth
- Project Economic Analysis
- Regional Public Goods
- Social Protection
- Trade and Investment