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Rising Corporate Market Power In Asia Threatens Monetary Policy Effectiveness

Friday, 17 March 2023, 10:02 pm | ADB Institute

Nuobu Renzhi is an assistant professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business, People’s Republic of China. John Beirne is vice-chair of research and a senior research fellow at ADBI. Corporate market power has increased in Asia during ... More >>

Putting An End To The Social Disease Of Domestic Violence

Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 8:48 pm | ADB Institute

8 Mar 2023 | Aichurek Kurmanbekova, Dil Rahut, and Subhasis Bera Aichurek Kurmanbekova is a graduate of the International University of Japan and has previously worked for the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Turkmenistan and Human Rights Watch. Dil ... More >>

Fight For Survival: Indonesia’s Hard-Hit Small Informal Firms Struggle To Outlast The Pandemic

Friday, 15 April 2022, 5:45 am | ADB Institute

As economies push to turn the page on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, the cumulative effects of lockdowns and quarantine measures on businesses continue to weigh heavily on informal micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). ... More >>

Measuring The Impacts Of COVID-19 In Central Asia

Friday, 8 April 2022, 6:16 pm | ADB Institute

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had wide-ranging impacts on the economies of Central Asia. Uncertainty and protective policy measures, such as lockdowns, social distancing, and travel restrictions, have led to falling demand and supply, ... More >>

Crisis X: Is Asia Ready To Face The Next Pandemic?

Friday, 1 April 2022, 7:11 pm | ADB Institute

For decades, scientists and virologists have been predicting a deadly virus outbreak, with the majority of the world’s pandemics attributed to zoonosis—infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Despite these warnings, many countries ... More >>

Driving Household Energy Modernization In South Asia Amid COVID-19

Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:19 am | ADB Institute

18 March 2022 | Dhiroj Prasad Koirala and Dil Rahut Dhiroj Koirala is a doctorate student in the Department of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dil Rahut is a senior research fellow at ADBI. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... More >>

New E-Leaning Course Examines Fiscal Balancing As Asia’s Aging Populations Grow

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 8:04 pm | ADB Institute

Tokyo, Japan – A newly launched tuition-free, certificate-issuing ADBI E-learning course explores the fiscal implications of rapidly aging populations in Asia’s developed and developing economies and policy next steps. Led by Upalat Korwatanasakul ... More >>

Central Banks Lead The Way On Green Monetary Policy

Friday, 4 February 2022, 8:02 pm | ADB Institute

Central banks are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of considering climate change risks, such as physical and transition risks, and some have already launched monetary policy initiatives within the mandate of price stability. There are two ... More >>

Harnessing Digitalization On The Path To Sustainable Economic Development In Asia

Saturday, 29 January 2022, 8:18 pm | ADB Institute

John Beirne  is a research fellow at ADBI. Digitalization is helping to transform economies by enhancing economy-wide competitiveness and productivity, with trade being an important channel. The use of big data and the emergence of online ... More >>

Building Public Trust For Managing The Pandemic's Psychological Impacts In The Philippines

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:24 am | ADB Institute

21 January 2022 | Nina Ashley O. Dela Cruz and Raymond Gaspar Nina Ashley O. Dela Cruz is a consultant involved in the formulation of evidence and gap maps at the Campbell Collaboration in New Delhi.  Raymond E. Gaspar is a policy research ... More >>

Building Public Trust For Managing The Pandemic's Psychological Impacts In The Philippines

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:24 am | ADB Institute

21 January 2022 | Nina Ashley O. Dela Cruz and Raymond Gaspar Nina Ashley O. Dela Cruz is a consultant involved in the formulation of evidence and gap maps at the Campbell Collaboration in New Delhi.  Raymond E. Gaspar is a policy research ... More >>

Circularity Of Plastics: From Managing Waste To Generating Less Waste

Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 6:22 am | ADB Institute

With urbanization and the growing global population, much focus has been placed on finding solutions for improving solid waste management (SWM) as a way to curb the growing amounts of waste being generated. However, governments should instead ... More >>

The Next Steps For Meeting Nationally Determined Contributions After COP26

Saturday, 11 December 2021, 7:15 am | ADB Institute

Reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) must be achieved in the coming decades to avoid catastrophic global temperature rises. Limiting global warming to within 1.5°C will require rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented ... More >>

Carbon Pricing’s Potential To Reduce Emissions In Australia Offers Lessons For Asia

Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 7:50 pm | ADB Institute

Rabindra Nepal , School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Australia. The COP26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021 brought the global community together to accelerate action toward meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement ... More >>

Balancing The Spillover Effects Of High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Investment In Asia

Friday, 26 November 2021, 7:38 pm | ADB Institute

26 November 2021 | Chanankarn Boonyotsawad, Juan Miguel Peraza Hernandez, and Veronica Wee Chanankarn Boonyotsawad is a Public Management and Policy Analysis (PMPP) student at the International University of Japan. Juan Miguel Peraza Hernandez is a graduate ... More >>

Finance Minister Details G20 Indonesia 2022 Agenda For Boosting Shared Recovery

Thursday, 25 November 2021, 6:33 am | ADB Institute

Tokyo, Japan – Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati described Indonesia’s 2022 Group of 20 (G20) presidency priorities for reducing the risk of uneven post-COVID-19 economic recovery and promoting greater sustainable and inclusive growth across Asia ... More >>

New ADBI E-Learning Course Offers Guide To Sustainable Finance Growth In Asia

Friday, 12 February 2021, 5:56 pm | ADB Institute

A new tuition-free, certificate-issuing ADBI E-learning course examines the rise of sustainable finance and its potential to deliver robust investment returns and greener, lower carbon post COVID-19 economies in Asia and the Pacific. Led by the ... More >>

New Book Champions Fairer Land Use For More Inclusive Asian Growth

Friday, 8 January 2021, 6:27 am | ADB Institute

Tokyo, Japan – A new ADBI Press book examines land procurement challenges and policy solutions critical to meeting Asia and the Pacific’s growing demand for quality infrastructure that can support inclusive post-pandemic growth. Co-edited ... More >>

Toward A Robust Economic Recovery From COVID-19 In Asia And The Pacific

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 7:36 pm | ADB Institute

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been a truly global shock to public health, causing one of the most severe global economic downturns since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Against this context, the 2020 ADBI Annual Conference brought ... More >>

ADBI Survey: COVID-19 Tests Southeast Asia’s Safety Nets

Friday, 18 September 2020, 5:50 am | ADB Institute

Tokyo, Japan – Supplementary income and coping strategies have helped to cushion steep household income declines in Southeast Asia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but further action is needed to bridge the region’s digital divide in education widened ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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