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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Where Has All the Water Gone? – Yasmin Siddiqi
Subterranean aquifers should be the reservoir of last resort. If we don’t protect them today, future generations will pay a steep price. -
Connecting Asia's growth poles – Wencai Zhang
By standing together, Asia’s growth poles can take the next step toward even greater prosperity. -
Asia should seize opportunity to lead global trade - Ganeshan Wignaraja, Juzhong Zhuang
While the slowdown in trade does demand responses, Asia is well positioned to be a bulwark against protectionism. -
ADB's new strategy in Asia: Helping build quality infrastructure at scale - Takehiko Nakao
What sort of role should ADB play as the international cooperation paradigm undergoes drastic change, with the rise of emerging economies and the establishment of the China-led AIIB? -
The next migrant wave - Stephen Groff
Imagine that you are a farmer. Your crops are withering as weather patterns become more volatile, your well water is too salty to drink and rice is too expensive to buy at the market. So, you leave home in search of a better life. -
Value capture for better infrastructure - Diwesh Sharan
To narrow India's huge infrastrucure gapt, the government is targeting infrastructure investment of over $1 trillion during the Twelfth FiveYear Plan — equivalent to half of India's gross domestic product. -
Towards the New Stage of ADB–PRC Partnership - Takehiko Nakao
Thirty years signifies maturity in China, and ADB is eager to develop further, our mature partnership with China. -
Three pathways to a bright future - Werner Liepach
Pakistan's economy has performed well recently, gaining recognition as an emerging market and gearing up for further growth. -
Climate change fight - Stephen Groff
In a couple of weeks, the Paris Agreement on climate change will enter into force. -
Making most of remittances: Vision and strategies - Mayumi Ozaki
Remittances are the bedrock of Nepal’s economy. They’ve quadrupled since 2010 thanks to 2 million Nepalis who work abroad, generating nearly one-third of the gross domestic product.