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Publications and Documents
Explore our data-rich research, policy analysis, toolkits, guidelines, and other resources on economics and key development topics. Our operational documents are also available in this section.
Governance Briefs
The Governance Brief series was introduced to respond to inquiries and demands for short, easy to read references on specific governance related issues. While there is considerable literature on governance issues, much of it is too specialized, technical, and/or extensive for the typical interested reader.
The Ten Questions of Sound Public Debt Management
Analyzing the debt crisis facing developing and emerging countries, this brief sets out 10 questions that can offer a snapshot of how governments are managing their public debt and guide multilateral lenders on ways to direct funds to drive maximum impact.
Mobilizing Revenue: Digital Transformation of Revenue Administration in Singapore
This brief shows how the strategy of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) to digitalize its services and make them more user-centric can help cut costs, improve support, and boost compliance.
Fiscal Risks of Climate Change: Sources and Practical Solutions
As climate change poses a growing fiscal risk to Asia and the Pacific, policymakers need to better analyze the challenges, devise practical solutions, and attract private funding to strengthen climate-resilient fiscal management.
Tax Incentives and Investment
This brief analyzes how tax incentives are employed across Asia and the Pacific, looks at their effectiveness, and considers how they can best be used to encourage investment in activities with clear social benefits.
Excise Tax Policy and Cigarette Use in High-Burden Asian Countries
This brief examines the public health consequences of smoking in five Asian countries and evaluates strategies to raise tobacco taxes to reduce smoking prevalence and boost revenue.
Digital Transformation of Tax Administration in the Republic of Korea: Lessons from Experience and Ways Forward
This governance brief details the digitalization of the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) tax administration, assesses how its strategy can bolster tax revenues, and explores how developing countries can replicate its strategy to roll-out e-taxation models.
What Can Be Done to Improve the Use of Country Governance Systems?
This brief examines the progress of development partners and governments in international commitments to use country governance systems, identifies the challenges in fulfilling such commitments, and proposes steps that they can take to address underlying issues and meet their respective commitments.
Green Public Investment Management: Governance Aspects of Strengthening Infrastructure Sustainability
Addressing the global climate emergency and furthering Asian Development Bank (ADB) support for developing member countries (DMCs), this brief studies the importance of green public investment management (PIM) for their sustainable economic growth.
Mobilizing Revenue: Emerging Approaches to Managing and Collecting Tax Debt to Improve Tax Payment Compliance
This governance brief shows how revenue bodies in the Asia and Pacific region should adopt a risk-based approach that harnesses data science and behavioral insights to increase payment compliance and manage revenue collection.
Mobilizing Revenue: Strengthening Large Taxpayer Administration
This brief is intended for use by revenue bodies seeking to improve the administration and oversight of large business taxpayers for stronger revenue collection.