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The countercyclical pattern of saving in Thailand in the 1990s and 2000s challenged the prediction of permanent income theory and raised…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Paweenawat, Sasiwimon Warunsiri

This paper aims to examine the effect of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on sovereign funding costs, with a focus…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Nemoto, Naoko|Liu, Lian

This working paper posits that the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by the expanding digital economy, will bring significant changes…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Bank

The European Union (EU) is one of the most successful integration arrangements in the world. However, the disintegration in Europe…

Except for the history of colonialism, the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have similar roots…

Since the Lisbon Process, the EU has changed its function from a mere economic common market into a social union. The EU addressed its…

This paper examines the regional and global growth effects of current account imbalances in Japan, Germany, and the People’s Republic of…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Beirne, John|Renzhi, Nuobu|Volz, Ulrich

The transition to e-government and digital means of data collection, storage, analysis and use provides the Government of Myanmar with a…

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The Asia Foundation

Batcheler, Richard|Lwin, Lu Min|Ney, David|Owen, James|Powers, James

Malaysia’s decision to impose a Movement Control Order (MCO) was its best option to reduce further infection, but its sudden…

Many countries are still struggling to expand their testing capability to diagnose more potential COVID-19 patients amidst shortage of…