The population of East and Southeast Asia has been ageing rapidly and will begin to decline ahead of other regions by 2040. By 2060, the elderly will…

The COVID-19 pandemic brought havoc to the accommodation industry in Georgia, mainly because of the high dependance of the sector on foreign visitors1…

This policy review presents an overall overview of COVID-19 pandemic impact on health and economy in developed and developing countries. Besides, it…

Since 2014, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted the climate risk management (CRM) approach to scale up investments in climate change…

India’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) moment is truly here and now. At a time when a diverse range of applications based on AI are being developed,…

The country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Bhutan is consistent with ADB’s country partnership…

The 7th Anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy (24 April 2020) was observed in a completely different context in Bangladesh - particularly with regard to…

Emerging economies almost everywhere need help. In Asia, Indonesia faces one of the most difficult outlooks. Its ability to contain the coronavirus…

This study examines the determinants of blue economy activities, namely tourism and fisheries, in 21 Asia and Pacific island countries during the…

Even as a number of developing countries have been able to reap the export opportunities presented by the rise of global value chains (GVCs), Nepal’s…

Does a shortage of safe assets sow the seeds of instability in a financial system? This paper empirically explores the hypothesis of safe asset…

Financial innovation in the form of new delivery channels, products, and providers has helped push out the frontier of access to finance and thus…