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Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2016-12-31)
Financial systems have been expanding, offering more services for savings, credit, investment, insurance, and retirement. However, much remains to be done to provide quality services at low cost to people and small businesses in both urban and rural ...
Divergent Monetary Policies and International Dollar Credit: Evidence from Bank-Level Data
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-05-30)
This paper uses a comprehensive and detailed bank-level data set to study how the divergence of central bank balance sheet policy in the US vis-à-vis the euro area and Japan affects the supply of international US dollar loans by global banks. Our ...
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Will breaking up Coal India Limited lead to efficiency and competition?
(Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2019-08-10)Newspaper reports have spoken about breaking up Coal India Limited (CIL),1 the world’s largest coal miner, to unleash efficiency, raise production, and raise cash for the government (which still owns 70.96% of CIL). Separating CIL subsidiaries is not ... -
‘Jokowinomics’: Has It Worked?
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-08-08)Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s seventh president, unveiled his first term in 2014 with an ambitious infrastructure development plan for both land and sea. Five years on, how should one assess the results of his administration’s economic policy? -
Could Online Gig Work Drive Economic Growth?
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2019-08-07)The gig economy is defined as digital, service based, on-demand platforms which are characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts as opposed to permanent jobs (Greenwood et al., 2017). Approximately 33% of the workers in USA are part of the ... -
Cyber Security: Beware the Human Factor
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-08-02)The recent major data security breaches reported in Singapore’s public sector over the period of April 2018 to March 2019 may have exposed the “soft underbelly” of Singapore’s national security. Whilst a force multiplier, technology should not eclipse ... -
Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh and the Way Forward: Looking through the Prism of Non-State Actors
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2019-07-30)The report has the following objectives: (a) examine the implementation progress of the SDGs in Bangladesh in six goal areas identified for review at the upcoming HLPF; (b) assess the contribution of non-state actors in Bangladesh in attaining the SDGs; ... -
Payment Systems Innovations and Financial Intermediation: The Case of Indonesia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-07-30)This paper explores the relationship between innovations in payment systems and financial intermediation. By focusing on excess reserves and the currency demand, we provide evidence on the extant transmission mechanism. In this direction, we applied ... -
Assessment of Pakistan National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS's) with Selected Asian Countries and WHO
(Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2019-07-30)The objective of this study is to assess the current status of Pakistan Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQSs) i.e., whether our standards are stringent or relaxed in comparison to other selected Asian countries and/or if these are consistent with WHO ... -
Singapore: Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet 2018 Updated
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-07-30)Singapore has contributed $502.35 million in capital subscription as of 31 December 2018. It has contributed and committed $27.94 million to Special Funds since joining in 1966. Companies and consultants from Singapore have since been awarded $780.91 ... -
Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Creating Our Future Today
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2019-07-30)Technological breakthroughs and the interplay of a number of fields, including robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, neurotech, data analytics, blockchain, cloud technology, quantum computing, biotechnology, Internet of Things, virtual and ... -
Tonga: Outer Island Renewable Energy Report
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-07-30)Environmental and Social Safeguard monitoring is conducting on a semi-annual basis to ensure that OIREP is aligning with the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS which is to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse environmental and social impacts, including ...