Legacy pollutants are chemicals, often used or produced by industry, which remain in the environment long after they were first introduced. The…

This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Sri Lanka. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate…

Increasing female labour force participation has been a challenge for the country. These challenges are even greater for night-work and shift-work (…

This brief provides recommendations for gender-responsive policies and sector-specific strategies in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-…

The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility Green Recovery Program (ACGF GRP) Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been developed to…

This case study highlights innovations and strategies to address the needs of the Thailand’s aging population that can also be applied in other…

<p>Informality has been a persistent feature of Arab economies. In recent years, the shift to informality has been on the rise, featuring…

We are continuing to seek our Shadow Board members’ views on whether the Official Cash Rate (OCR) should be negative and if the Reserve Bank should…

This paper estimates the value of unpaid care work in Bhutan. It finds that, as in other countries, women spend more than twice as much time as men…

In the first half of 2020, Georgian exports experienced the drop by 16% compared to the first half of 2019. Moreover, Georgian imports dropped even…

The Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank was held virtually in two stages. The first stage was on 22 May…

This publication presents highlights of the sessions during ADBs workshop on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) on 16 and 17 April 2020.…