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Emerging Hydrogen Energy Technology and Global Momentum
This paper provides an overview of the emerging hydrogen economy to help decision-makers navigate the green hydrogen value chain, understand what is required for successful implementation, and reap the potential rewards in the energy transition.
Proposed Life Cycle Approach for Promoting Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality: Case of the Road Subsector in Tajikistan
This paper explores the possibility of promoting climate resilience and carbon neutrality throughout the life cycle of road infrastructure in Tajikistan.
Indonesia Longitudinal Aging Survey 2023
This report provides a summary of findings and key data from Indonesia’s first longitudinal aging survey and aims to inform healthcare and social security reforms in country.
Transforming the Fight Against Trade-Based Money Laundering: New Data and Partnerships
This brief shows how an ADB-led pilot to ramp up action against trade-based money laundering (TBML) in Asia helped bolster the suspicious transaction reports (STRs) needed to crack down on criminals and drive trade transparency.
Empowering Growth: Supporting Women in Samoa to Lead the Way in Agribusiness
This brief explains how the ADB-backed Samoa Agribusiness Support (SABS) project supported 26 women-owned agribusinesses and shows how tailored advice, flexible lending, and better market access can help women entrepreneurs thrive.
Civil Society Brief: Nepal
This brief explains the important role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Nepal's sustainable development, explores their funding options, and shows how they work with government and international nongovernment organizations.
Driving Energy-Efficient and Low-Carbon Investments for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through the Finance Sector
This report presents a comprehensive review of the investment landscape in energy efficiency and climate-smart infrastructure (CSI) technologies in India.
Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance and Financial Impacts: Comparative Analysis of Companies in Asia
This paper investigates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and financial impacts across 38 economies, with a focus mostly on Asian firms.
Public–Private Partnership Monitor: India
This report assesses trends and developments in India’s public–private partnerships (PPP) landscape as the fast-growing economy seeks to build an estimated $1.4 trillion in infrastructure to support sustainable economic growth.
Preparing Outer Islands for Sustainable Energy Development: Maldives’ Experience in Deploying Advanced Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
This report shows how Maldives can switch to hybrid renewable mini-grid energy systems to reduce its heavy dependency on imported fossil fuel, slice emissions, and support sustainable and inclusive growth.
An Introduction to Digital Assets
This brief explains the challenge to uniformly define fast-emerging digital assets, shows how it risks sparking legal conflicts, and underscores the need to develop common principles to support growing cross-border transactions.
Exploring the Economic and Noneconomic Determinants of Investments in Renewable Energy
This paper explores the determinants of renewable energy investments along with other economic and noneconomic variables in both developed and developing economies.
Key Aspects of UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law
Designed as part of ADB’s efforts to bolster financial market infrastructure in ASEAN+3 countries, this brief sets out ways to improve understanding of digital assets and strengthen global legal certainty over cross-border transactions.
2021 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific: Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures—A Summary Report
Summarizing the Asia and the Pacific results of the 2021 International Comparison Program, this report estimates purchasing power parities (PPPs) and PPP-based measures of total and per capita real gross domestic product (GDP) for 21 economies.
Enhancing Data Management Through the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange Standard: A Special Supplement of the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2024
This publication explains how developing economies that adopt the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) standard will benefit from enhanced efficiency in data collection, production, and exchange.
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2024: Data for Climate Action
This publication provides updated statistics on a comprehensive set of economic, financial, social, and environmental measures as well as select indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).