As the Chinese economy becomes more advanced and the internal and external economic environment surrounding China changes, so too does China's…

ASEAN must realize and harness the benefits of energy efficiency and optimize its use for the regional and national energy sectors.

This brief discusses the potential to improve contractual arrangements for public–private partnerships (PPPs) and suggests reforms to address issues on…

Annual reports generally look outwards. They are usually meant to showcase an organisation’s yearly performance mostly for outsiders: general public,…

As part of the work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on infrastructure governance, sustainability, and the principles of Quality Infrastructure…

Countries around the world are increasingly alert to the potential social and financial benefits of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), which are…

The COVID-19 containment and social restriction measures sent the Indonesian economy into a severe contraction of 5.32 per cent in Q2-2020, the first…

Financial integration has developed relatively slowly in emerging markets due to the hampering effects of their poor information environments.

This publication provides a summary of the discussions and findings from a regional workshop on implementing environment-related Sustainable…

The rapid advancement in technology has facilitated far-reaching use of data. This has consequently led to an increasing demand for data science and…

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the ensuing economic shock, has prompted governments all around the globe to act swiftly and decisively to mitigate the…

It is not always easy, under the hybrid political system that has characterized Myanmar since 2011, to distinguish how power and responsibilities are…