Op-Eds and Opinion
ADB management and subject experts share knowledge, views, and insights on development issues in op-ed articles and opinion pieces published in international and regional publications.
Latest Op-Eds and Opinions
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Asia-Pacific could lead low-carbon future - Takehiko Nakao and Yvo De Boer
This summer has seen Asia and the Pacific rocked by intense and unstable weather, bringing into even greater focus the need to build resilience against climate change and extreme weather. -
Banking the poor: Financial literacy is the key - Arup Chatterjee
Giving the poor access to financial services is accepted wisdom. What isn't appreciated is how this is undermined by a lingering lack of trust in banks among the people most in need of their services. -
Transforming Myanmar’s corporate landscape - Aung Naing Oo and Winfried Wicklein
For more than a century Myanmar companies have been regulated by the colonial-era Myanmar Companies Act of 1914. -
Raising Indonesian labor productivity - Emma Allen
Indonesia boasts the fourth-largest workforce in the world and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. -
Special treatment needed for public-private partnerships (PPP) - Aziz Haydarov
After moving to Jakarta in March last year, I have learned to do two things every evening: I check the weather forecast and traffic announcements for tomorrow. -
800 million reasons - Hun Kim
South Asia is set to become the fastest growing region in Asia, lead by India which is expected to grow by nearly 8% in 2017. -
Fuel subsidy cuts need not come at the poor's expense - Shikha Jha
Many Asian governments have subsidized coal, oil and gas as well as electricity for decades with the goal of making energy more affordable to the public and to domestic industry. -
Supporting ASEAN’s 2025 vision - Alfredo Perdiguero
Southeast Asia’s progress in the nearly half a century since ASEAN was founded has been nothing short of amazing. -
As engines of growth, cities need to be made more resilient to natural hazards - Vinod Thomas
Today more people live in cities than in the countryside worldwide. -
The shift from social development to infrastructure - Vinod Thomas
Across the world, the pendulum has swung from a focus on social development to infrastructure development.