Development economics and emerging economies

The 1997 Asian financial crisis hit the region and became a defining moment for Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Aid for trade has an important role to play in supporting Asia and the Pacific's recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, especially for the region's lower-middle-income and least developed countries.

Empowered Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's development policy document, envisions reorienting the country toward a modern and high-value-adding economy that is able to compete in the global market.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

The economic corridor approach was adopted by the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries in 1998 to help accelerate subregional development.

Cybercafes play a key role in providing internet access to developing countries.

Myanmar's housing sector is struggling to cope with rapid urbanization, internal migration, and new demand from recent economic growth.

Providing access to clean water continues to be a challenge for governments.

This publication provides a gender analysis of socioeconomic areas and issues in Georgia and relevant operations of the Asian Development Bank.

The objective of road asset management is generally to optimize economic benefits by minimizing maintenance costs and road user costs.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made advances in narrowing gender gaps in its labor market.

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Fiji, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments.

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, now 16 years in operation, has recorded impressive achievements in regional economic cooperation, particularly in the areas of transport, energy, trade facilitation, and trade policy.

A household energy consumption survey in 11 regions across Myanmar shows that firewood is mainly used for cooking (73%) and candles and torches for lighting (65%), followed by electricity for cooking (13%) and battery for lighting (17%) while the demand for modern energy sources is rapidly increasing.

This report offers an analytical framework that allows for more systemic assessments of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and its applications.

Growth in developing Asia is holding up against external headwinds.

This publication presents a biodiversity baseline assessment that was conducted in 2014-2015 at the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in southern Bhutan.

Foreign aid to Indonesia takes the form of loans or grants.

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) was created to foster connectivity.

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide provides an in-depth look at the region's bond markets.

Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) has become a valuable means for attaining national development goals.

This publication examines the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan---Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program, which promotes women's participation and empowerment in the Philippines.

This independent tracer study examines Sri Lanka's Skills Sector Development Program, which the Asian Development Bank supported through results-based lending.

Despite some progress, women's share in senior management is still poor.

This publication outlines the rationale for and benefits of piloting activities for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

This report presents nine case studies of recent Asian Development Bank projects in Mongolia, Nepal, the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam.

The Climate Change Operational Framework 2017-2030 is intended to provide broad direction and guidance for enhancing resilience and strengthening climate actions in the operations and business processes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

This publication seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Pakistan.

This report explores the challenges and opportunities for enhancing cross-border cooperation and integration between Indonesia---specifically the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur---and Timor-Leste.

Social bond markets have grown rapidly in Asia and around the world amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Asia is graying rapidly: its share of senior population aged 65 and over will double from 9.

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol, has been successful in supporting mitigation actions through carbon inance.

The role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in promoting the growth and tradability of services is important, given that it is a major catalyst for inclusive economic and structural transformation.

Impact evaluation is an empirical approach to estimating the causal effects of interventions, in terms of both magnitude and statistical significance.

This publication provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues to date.

This publication provides an overview of institutional investors' interest in green bonds issued in Indonesia, along with an assessment of the perspectives of local arrangers and underwriters on their clients' interest in green bond issuances.

Road asset management is one of the top priorities of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport Strategy 2030 builds on progress made and lessons learned from the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) has become a valuable means for attaining national development goals.

This publication reviews the practices and policies of Internet Plus agriculture business models in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The Asia Foundation prepared this report as a guide to support women's entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific.

The establishment of a Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM) is important because it allows a country to take stock, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize recommendations for the implementation of trade facilitation measures.

This report analyzes the administrative frameworks, functions, and performance of revenue bodies in 28 economies in Asia and the Pacific.

The Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are looking to explore options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region's infrastructure development needs.

In Nepal, deeply embedded structural conditions determined by gender, caste or ethnicity, religion, language, and even geography have made access to and benefits from energy resources highly uneven.

The economy of Maldives faced two very challenging episodes traced to the 2004 tsunami and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive explanation of the region's bond markets.

As Southeast Asia reels from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), domestic resource mobilization (DRM) has never been more challenging or more critical.

This publication explores the views of stakeholders in the two decades of partnership between the Asian Development Bank and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in India.

This user guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up, use, and maintain the statistical business register of the Asian Development Bank.