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State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery, but its effects on forest conservation…
Indonesia
13 Dec 2023
Continued growth is expected in the Pacific, but governments need to generate additional resources for public…
Cook Islands
13 Dec 2023
The pandemic’s devastating impact on tourism-dependent Maldives highlighted the need to diversify its economy to…
Maldives
12 Dec 2023
This brief outlines how a livelihood support program for people affected by involuntary resettlement around Mongolia…
Mongolia
12 Dec 2023
This brief explains why ASEAN+3 bond markets should consider using English as a common language to attract more…
Brunei Darussalam
11 Dec 2023
Using matched data from three sources in Lahore, Pakistan, the paper finds that employers’ gender restrictions are a…
Pakistan
11 Dec 2023
This brief sets out ways the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) can offset the predicted financial impacts…
Lao People's Democratic Republic
08 Dec 2023
This Sri Lanka project brief analyzes how ADB provided a $50 million loan to the state-owned Regional Development…
India
07 Dec 2023
This brief examines the public health consequences of smoking in five Asian countries and evaluates strategies to…
People's Republic of China
07 Dec 2023
Climate finance has yet to reach the necessary scale for mobilizing sufficient funds to support the decarbonization…
People's Republic of China
07 Dec 2023