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Regional Conference on Navigating the New Normal in ASEAN Plus Three Economies
With increasing global uncertainties, the ASEAN+3 economies must develop new policy responses or reforms to maintain growth and financial stability.
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Workshop on Solid Waste Management in Yokohama
ADBI, in collaboration with the City of Yokohama, will hold a training workshop on solid waste management in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan on 9-11 December 2019.
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Effective Approaches to Poverty Reduction: Selected Cases from the Asian Development Bank
This report presents nine case studies on poverty reduction projects financed by ADB in Mongolia, Nepal, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam.
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Asia Bond Monitor – November 2019
Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond market reached $15.2 trillion at the end of September 2019 on growth of 3.1% quarter-on-quarter and 13.0% year-on-year.
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Resilient Coastal Cities for Enhancing Tourism Economy: Integrated Planning Approaches
Coastal cities face severe planning challenges with growing urban pressures, potential sea level rises, and other impacts of climate change.
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ADB to Support Department of Tourism in Sustainable Development of Palawan's El Nido and Coron
ADB is working with the Philippines Department of Tourism in preparing a tourism development project that will ensure an environmentally sustainable environment for El Nido and Coron, two fast-growing destinations in Palawan...
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Electric Vehicles and Energy Insecurity in ASEAN Countries: Renewable Energy Integration and Urban Air Quality
The high penetration of electric mobility in the ASEAN countries can decrease the level of final energy consumption compared with the case of no electric mobility.
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Financial Technology Expands Reach of Banking Services in the Philippines
ADB worked with the central bank of the Philippines to create special regulatory conditions for Mindanao-based Cantilan Bank, allowing it to migrate its core banking system into the cloud.
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Testing Fintech Bank Solutions in the Philippines
ADB pilot project with the Philippines’ Cantilan Bank tests cloud-based banking.
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Pacific Finance Sector Brief: Timor-Leste
This brief provides an overview of Timor-Leste’s finance sector, and discusses the key challenges and how they can be addressed.
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Valuing the Environment
For economic growth to converge with the developed world, developing countries must sustainably tackle the twin goals of rapid development and environmental preservation.
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ADB, Infrastructure Asia Sign Agreement to Promote Innovative and Green Finance for Sustainable Infrastructure in Southeast Asia
ADB and Infrastructure Asia today signed a cooperation agreement to help governments in Southeast Asia adopt innovative and green finance approaches to identify and develop bankable and sustainable infrastructure projects...
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Workshop on Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the Role of National Financial Institutions
ADB DMCs are among the most disaster-vulnerable countries in the world. Better capacities are needed to fully develop and implement climate investment plans for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
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The Role of Renewable Energy in Resolving Energy Insecurity in Asia
Renewable energy is the best option for the majority of Southeast Asian countries.
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What Explains the Growing Global Demand for Cash?
Cash demand tends to grow with a decline in the policy rates and with an advancement of aging.
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Asian Development Review: Volume 36, Number 2
This edition focuses on perspectives on structural change, whether the traditional path of moving from agriculture to industry and services still holds, the impact of globalization, and the effect of structural change on labor markets.
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Asia Bond Monitor – September 2019
Local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia expanded steadily during the second quarter of 2019 despite ongoing trade conflicts, an economic slowdown in the People’s Republic of China, and moderating global growth.
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Institutional Mechanisms for Sustainable Sanitation: Lessons from Japan for Other Asian Countries
One of the causes of water pollution is improper decentralized wastewater management.
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Commercially Oriented State-Owned Banks Can Help Fill Pacific Business Financing Gap — ADB
Commercially oriented state-owned banks can help provide much-needed financing for businesses in the Pacific, but only if they strictly adhere to commercial principles and regulations, says a new ADB report.
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Quality Infrastructure and Natural Disaster Resiliency
Increasing the quality of infrastructure may have a large impact on decreasing costs arising from natural disasters.