This second volume of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on micro,…

Myanmar continues to face challenges to achieving inclusive economic growth. In the past decade, the government of Myanmar has undertaken a number of…

Sri Lanka has a high proportion of workers (around 68% of the total employed) in informal employment. These informal workers usually work for low-wage…

Some commentators argue that China deliberately pursues the “debt trap diplomacy” to project undue political influence over smaller countries that…

This publication summarizes the 53rd ADB Annual Meeting (2nd stage), which involved events on current development issues in Asia and the Pacific,…

Scholars studying the North Korean economy say that North Korea (NK) faces three difficulties by the end of 2020: sanctions against NK, Covid19, and…

This publication focuses on an investment program in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as one of the Office of the Special Project Facilitator’s (OSPF) Lessons…

This brief emphasizes that Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads in its efforts to forge a sustainable future and urges policy action to put the…

The Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors is an opportunity to provide guidance on the administrative, financial, and…

Japan and Thailand are geographically similar in that both countries have a vast coastline and a population that is concentrated in urban areas.…

Developing Asia has seen a buildup of public and private debt since the global financial crisis. Private debt in particular has grown rapidly, raising…

Most Southeast Asian countries are struggling to improve their waste management systems. They have enacted and refined laws on waste management,…