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Rapid and unpredictable digital technology innovation is reshaping economic, social, and cultural systems.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Bera, Subhasis, Yao, Yixin, Palit, Amitendu, Rahut, Dil B.

Other

12 Jan 2024

This report explores the benefits of Asia and the Pacific’s coral reefs, outlines the myriad risks they face from climate change,…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Rogers, Martha|Rosales, Carolina|Roberts, Eric|Fajardo, Fernando Secaira

Fiji

29 Dec 2023

Exploring the complex threats to Asia and the Pacific’s coral reefs, this brief analyzes how financial tools including parametric…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Rogers, Martha|Rosales, Carolina|Roberts, Eric|Fajardo, Fernando Secaira

Other

29 Dec 2023

Developing Asia’s outlook remains upbeat despite global challenges. The 2023 growth forecast is revised up from September’s projection,…

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13 Dec 2023

This brief explains why ASEAN+3 bond markets should consider using English as a common language to attract more professional investors,…

This brief sets out ways the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) can offset the predicted financial impacts of climate change and…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Boland, David|Allen, Emma R.|Thomas, Frank N.

This brief assesses the development of payment and settlement market infrastructure in ASEAN+3 economies, tracks the evolution of real-…

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08 Dec 2023

This Sri Lanka project brief analyzes how ADB provided a $50 million loan to the state-owned Regional Development Bank (RDB) to unlock…

India

07 Dec 2023

Climate finance has yet to reach the necessary scale for mobilizing sufficient funds to support the decarbonization efforts of…

This brief examines the public health consequences of smoking in five Asian countries and evaluates strategies to raise tobacco taxes to…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ross, Hana|John, Rijo M.