Development economics and emerging economies

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) can play a key transformative role in the green transition needed to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

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

This latest issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor highlights the gains of Pacific developing member countries (Pacific DMCs) and the challenges that the Pacific DMCs continue to face including the impacts of climate change.

Growth in developing Asia is holding up against external headwinds.

This publication presents stories that showcase how improved connectivity has transformed lives---especially of women and girls---in rural communities of India.

The Asia and Pacific region continued to grow despite a difficult external global environment.

The Asia Bond Monitor (ABM) reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options.

This publication launches the Inclusive Green Growth Index, a new comprehensive metric that captures the key dimensions of economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability.

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

Infrastructure is essential for development.

This report details the key achievements of the Regional Malaria and Other Communicable Disease Threats Trust Fund from its creation in 2013 to the first half of 2018.

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

This report presents the rationale for and design of a city government disaster insurance pool in the Philippines.

This book examines clean energy financing and approaches in hydropower and demand-side energy efficiency projects.

The Ha Noi Action Plan 2018-2022 addresses the unfinished and expanded agenda of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program for the remaining 5 years of the GMS Strategic Framework 2012-2022.

Human capital is an important factor for economic growth in South Asia.

This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People's Republic of China.

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

The formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967 was originally driven by political and security concerns.

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

The global employment and skills landscape is changing fast in the fourth industrial revolution.

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

Disasters pose a significant threat to the sustainability of development investments.

The first edition of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor tracks the development of the PPP business environment as well as the challenges of doing PPPs in nine of the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB): Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options.

This publication assesses the plant health, animal health, and food safety measures of member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.

This book provides a current and comprehensive analysis of the context in which Pacific women engage in the private sector, as well as a detailed list of strategies to increase their participation in business.

This study provides an overview of the water security situation in the People's Republic of China.

Article 6 is a key part of the Paris Agreement.

This handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources.

This publication showcases 50 innovative case studies from cities in the People's Republic of China that are mitigating against and adapting to climate change.

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

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

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).

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

This publication identifies regional and subregional opportunities for Myanmar to harness natural and human resources, industrial potential, and infrastructure connectivity.

This publication is an initiative of the Government of Papua New Guinea that provides step-by-step guidance on how to rehabilitate mangroves.

Improved tax systems can help countries in Asia and the Pacific generate the resources needed to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

This case study examines the gender aspects of the Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.

An analysis of 2014 budget outcomes and 2015 budget plans of Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank is the focus of this issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor.

Viet Nam has achieved rapid economic growth in Southeast Asia.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), prepared this tool compendium to help address the issues, challenges, and barriers faced by developing countries from Asia and the Pacific in the successful implementation of the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This sourcebook provides up-to-date information regarding ADB environmental safeguards, poverty and social analysis, and compliance procedures in order to support the process of health impact assessment.

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

This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan to improve the performance of cities---with a focus on economy, equity, and environment.

Cumulative transport investments under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program reached $23.

This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People's Republic of China.

This manual explains how to provide safer road worksites on CAREC roads.

Project economic analysis is a tool used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure that ADB operations comply with its Charter.

The quarterly Asia Bond Monitor reviews developments in emerging East Asian local currency bond markets.