Finance

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Financial System Stability, Regulation and Financial Inclusion

Financial authorities worldwide face these key challenges: maintaining financial stability; ensuring long-term finance for stable economic growth; promoting greater access to financial services for average households and small and medium-sized enterprises; and fostering a competitive but reliable financial industry. What are the latest ideas from Asia to achieve these goals?

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    International Remittances and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asian Developing Countries 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Otsuka, Miyu (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)
    International remittances represent the second most important source of external funding for developing countries after foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the panel ...
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    Alternatives to Bank Finance: Role of Carbon Tax and Hometown Investment Trust Funds in Developing Green Energy Projects in Asia 

    Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh–Hesary, Farhad (Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)
    The main obstacle to developing green energy projects is lack of access to finance. For larger energy projects (e.g., large hydropower projects), insurance and pensions are sustainable financing alternatives. Large energy projects are long-term investment ...

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      Climate Change: Can We Fix The Future Through Franchising? 

      Schaper, Michael T; Gehrke, Jason (ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 10/21/2021)
      SMEs are a highly diversified, fragmented group of businesses. Found in every country and in every industry, it has been difficult for policymakers to identify effective ways to bring large numbers of small firms into the emissions reduction and ...
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      Malaysia’s Regulatory Framework: A Catalyst for FinTech Adoption 

      Alam, Nafis (ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 9/29/2021)
      Financial Technology (FinTech) refers to technology, solution or software that enhance, automate, and improve the delivery of financial products and services. FinTech comprises of five major segments, namely, payments, wealth management, insurance, ...
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      COVID-19’s Testing of Religious Roles 

      Marshall, Katherine (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 10/14/2021)
      Societies across the world are tested by the COVID-19 pandemic in countless ways. Deep cracks in social cohesion have become visible in many countries, and many fall along religious lines. Post-COVID-19 policy needs to address robustly what inclusion ...
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      ADB Annual Report 1968 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank, 1969-06-30)
      In accordance with Article 39 of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Development Bank and Section 13 of its By-Laws, this Annual Report is submitted to the Board of Governors, including a separate report on the activities of the Special Funds of the ...
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      ADB Annual Report 1967 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank, 1967-06-30)
      In accordance with Article 39 of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Development Bank and Section 13 of its By-Laws, this Annual Report is submitted to the Board of Governors, including a separate report on the activities of the Special Funds of the ...