Reports
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Latest Reports
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Asian Development Outlook 2016 Update: Meeting the Low-Carbon Growth Challenge
Growth has held up in developing Asia despite a difficult external environment. The region is expected to grow steadily at 5.7% in 2016 and 2017, the forecasts in this Update unchanged from Asian Development Outlook 2016. -
A Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific: 2016
This comparative analysis report analyzes the administrative frameworks, functions, and performance of 21 economies in Asia and the Pacific and shares important developments and trends in tax administration practice and performance. -
Asia Bond Monitor - September 2016
Yields on bonds in emerging East Asian markets declined as inflationary pressures remained largely muted and persistently low global growth increased the attractiveness of East Asian bonds. -
Finding Balance 2016: Benchmarking the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries
This study of state-owned enterprises performance in the Pacific emphasizes political commitment to reform as a key driver for commercial results. -
Bangladesh: Consolidating Export-led Growth - Country Diagnostic Study
This study argues that some of the policies that allowed Bangladesh to prosper in the last few years will become less effective, and the economy will need to “switch gears” to consolidate the growth momentum over the medium term. -
Bangladesh: Looking Beyond Garments - Employment Diagnostic Study
This study highlights the role played by growing female workforce in the positive economic turnaround in Bangladesh. It is now essential to shift workers to more highly productive sectors through structural transformations. -
Таджикистан: продвижение диверсификации экспорта и роста
В Таджикистане со времени окончания гражданской войны в 1997 г. наблюдается высокий экономический рост. Ежегодные темпы роста реального валового внутреннего продукта (ВВП) в период 1997–2015 гг. составляли в среднем 7,2%, что было обусловлено в основном развитием сельского хозяйства и сектора услуг. -
Tajikistan: Promoting Export Diversification and Growth
Tajikistan has sustained high economic growth since its civil war ended in 1997. Real gross domestic product (GDP) during 1997–2015 grew at an average 7.2% a year, driven mainly by agriculture and services. -
Safety and Intelligent Transport Systems Development in the People’s Republic of China
Government and industry—particularly the automobile industry—are the key stakeholders to realizing the deployment of mobile-communication-based cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS). -
Promoting Inland Waterway Transport in the People's Republic of China
Despite the potential of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) inland waterway system and government policies encouraging its development, inland waterway transport remains less developed compared to other transport modes.