Since the oil and gas (O&G) sector’s take-off in the 1970s, this natural bounty has yielded myriad benefits to Malaysia. While not falling into the ‘resource curse’ of an unquestioned reliance on natural resources, the O&G sector is nonetheless a key enabler for many aspects of the country’s economy and public finances. Malaysia’s current account shows the significance of the sector, which has long ...

Tuvalu is a small island developing state comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geographically isolated and highly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. With a small private sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic development, the public sector is its main driver of growth. Tuvalu depends on fishing license fees, trust fund investments, official development assistance, ...

This study examines the willingness to pay (WTP) for RE in ASEAN countries. It reports the results of the second research phase. In 2020 (phase one), we conducted a household survey in Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Viet Nam, and Thailand; the WTP for RE was investigated based on the discrete choice experiment and contingent valuation method (Yoshikawa, 2020). This study targets ...

The Asian Development Bank is supporting the implementation of the National Urban Health Mission in India. In support of the undertaking, this paper provides available evidence-based data on urban nutrition in the country and explores practical multisectoral interventions that can be applied. It describes malnutrition’s impact on health and nonhealth sectors, identifies key determinants, and offers ...

Many articles in international trade literature have shown that firm productivity is a robust determinant of firms’ export and import activities. Further, the literature has also found that, despite being statistically significant, the magnitude of impact of firm productivity on exports/imports is not large, and there are many firms which are productive enough to be able to export their goods but ...