Publications
In the Spotlight
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Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific: 50 Years of the Asian Development Bank
ADB has played an important role in the transformation of Asia and the Pacific over the past 50 years. As ADB continues to evolve and adapt to the region’s changing development landscape, the experiences highlighted in this book can provide valuable insight on how best to serve Asia and the Pacific in the future.
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ADB Annual Report 2016
ADB operations in 2016 exceeded the $30 billion mark for the first time as regional demand for development finance and knowledge continues to grow. While the region’s economic growth and success in reducing poverty have exceeded the most optimistic forecasts, there remain significant challenges to be addressed.
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Asian Development Outlook 2017: Transcending the Middle-Income Challenge
ADB’s flagship annual economic publication forecasts GDP growth in Asia and the Pacific to reach 5.7% in 2017 and 2018, a slight deceleration from the 5.8% registered in 2016. Risks to the outlook include higher US interest rates, which will accelerate capital outflows, although this risk is mitigated to some degree by abundant liquidity throughout the region.
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Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs
Developing Asia will need to invest $1.7 trillion per year in infrastructure until 2030 to maintain its growth momentum, tackle poverty, and respond to climate change. This report examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will be needed through 2030. It also outlines the challenges shaping future infrastructure investment and development.
Recently Published
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From in-country to cross-country connections, whether by land, air, or water, transport is a key ingredient that enables nations to achieve economic and social development goals.
Lessons from ADB Transport Projects: Moving Goods, Connecting People, and Disseminating Knowledge -
Hometown investment trust funds, with revenues from taxes on pollutants, could provide much-needed finance for green energy projects.
Alternatives to Bank Finance: Role of Carbon Tax and Hometown Investment Trust Funds in Developing Green Energy Projects in Asia -
A study in 22 low- and middle-income countries in Asia reveals a strong positive relationship between social protection spending and health outcomes.
In Asia, Does Higher Social Assistance Spending Mean Better Health? -
This brief discusses the fiscal requirements to meet the social protection-related targets of SDGs, particularly for social assistance programs in ADB’s 16 developing member countries in Asia.
Closing the Gap: Potential Contribution of Social Assistance for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals -
With export demand stronger than expected in the first quarter of 2017, the region’s GDP is forecast to expand somewhat faster than forecast in April in Asian Development Outlook 2017.
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017 Supplement: Cautious Optimism for Asia's Outlook -
The PRC should shift gradually from a dollar peg to a basket peg while Malaysia and Singapore should move slowly to a basket peg regime.
Optimal Dynamic Path during the Transition of Exchange Rate Regime: Analysis of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Malaysia, and Singapore