Global climate goals will not be attainable unless Asia’s growth becomes much less carbon-intensive.

Digitalization of global trade would boost productivity, drive transparency, and help create the jobs and growth that support development. It requires…

Building on Kazakhstan’s strong nomadic values of kinship, the country’s robust network of civil society organizations (CSOs) works closely with the…

This publication assesses the Kyrgyz Republic’s rising exposure to landslides and looks at how ADB is providing a $35 million finance package to…

This publication is designed to help tax analysts estimate revenue losses from tax expenditures and tax incentives. It presents the methodologies…

Fossil fuel subsidy removal by increasing user prices does not guarantee a reduction in emissions.

State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery, but its effects on forest conservation are ambiguous.

Developing Asia’s outlook remains upbeat despite global challenges. The 2023 growth forecast is revised up from September’s projection, to 4.9% from 4.…

This report analyzes tourism in Asia and the Pacific as a services export industry, assesses how it was hard hit by the pandemic, and looks at ways to…

Continued growth is expected in the Pacific, but governments need to generate additional resources for public infrastructure and services essential to…

This publication examines pollution control technologies and looks at their suitability for use in small-scale agriculture.

The pandemic’s devastating impact on tourism-dependent Maldives highlighted the need to diversify its economy to reduce macroeconomic instability and…