Books
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Latest Books
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Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific: 50 Years of the Asian Development Bank (second edition)
This book is a history of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development bank established 50 years ago to serve Asia and the Pacific. -
Win-Win: How International Trade Can Help Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
The objective of this book is to demonstrate to the international development community, including policy makers in developing countries, the contribution that international trade can make to achieving the SDGs. -
Knowledge Solutions: Tools, Methods, and Approaches to Drive Organizational Performance
This book copublished with Springer comprehensively covers more than 120 topics that are essential to high-performance organizations. -
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017: Transcending the Middle-Income Challenge
Developing Asia has continued to perform well, even as recovery in the major industrial economies remains weak. The region is forecast to expand by 5.7% in 2017 and 2018, nearly the 5.8% growth achieved in 2016. -
Handbook on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism for Nonbank Financial Institutions
Guidance for nonbanking financial institutions, on how to manage risks associated with money laundering and the financing of terrorism. -
Safeguarding the Rights of Asian Migrant Workers from Home to the Workplace
This book reviews recent regional migration trends, highlights the growing number of labor migrants in Asia and examines the policy question of how to best safeguard their rights. -
Mission Incomplete: Reflating Japan's Economy
In April 2013 the Bank of Japan launched an unprecedented quantitative and qualitative monetary easing policy. It was thought that a 2% price stability target could be achieved within 2 years; 4 years on and we are still mission incomplete. -
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies for a Sustainable Future
In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. -
Bhutan: New Pathways to Growth
This book chronicles Bhutan’s development story and discusses policies that can unlock the country’s economic potential and overcome its limitations. -
Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia
Asia’s growing labor force needs innovative solutions to reduce risks and ensure social protection of workers in vulnerable employment with informal arrangements.