Papers and Briefs

This study develops a new city-level panel dataset using satellite nighttime light imagery and grid population data for over 1,500 cities in 43 economies in Asia and the Pacific from 1992 to 2016.

This brief sets out survey findings from Punjab, Pakistan on how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected farmers and highlights respondents’ policy priorities.

This brief assesses how COVID-19 will affect jobs in Asia and the Pacific and proposes policy actions to manage the impacts.

This brief assesses the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on migrant workers, how reduced remittances will affect households and economies in Asia and the Pacific, and what policy makers can do to soften the blow.

Global value chain participation benefits small and medium-sized enterprises modestly.

Nepal lacks a concrete policy framework for small and medium-sized enterprises' participation in global value chains.

Financial innovation has helped push out the frontier of access to finance while blurring the regulatory boundaries of the financial system.

A solid public–private partnership is vital to facilitate existing and new small and medium-sized enterprises in key coastal tourist destinations in Sri Lanka.

This working paper recommends guiding principles to streamline the application of the climate risk management (CRM) approach, aligned with the main phases of the ADB project cycle.

Does a shortage of safe assets sow the seeds of instability in a financial system?