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Here's how to pay for all that new infrastructure. Governments and developers worldwide are looking for better ways to build and renovate highways, railways, bridges and dams.
This major new book from ADBIPress provides real answers on how to attract private financing. Latest evidence on the full impacts of infrastructure on economic and social indicators, especially spillover effects, and innovative ideas for new financing are comprehensively presented by experts.
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Financing Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing Impacts and New Sources
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-03-30)
This major book from ADBI Press aims to provide the latest scientific evidence on infrastructure investment, including new ideas as to how to finance infrastructure. The editors believe the 500-page book will make an important contribution to help Asia ...
Introducing the Tax-Kicker Bond: Budget-Neutral Financing of Private Infrastructure by Back-End Participation in Future Tax Revenue Growth
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-08-30)
This brief shows the spillover effect of how infrastructure can create jobs, industries, and regional wealth. Revenue from property rates, income and business taxes, as well as sales or value-added tax increases along the periphery and adjacent areas ...
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ADBI News 33: Of Steel Trade Wars and Rice Reserves
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-08-21)This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific. -
Product Space Analysis and Industrial Policy: Identifying Potential Products for India's Export Expansion and Diversification
(Brookings India, 2018-08-15)The purpose of this paper is three-fold. One is to provide a simple presentation of the product space methodology, with its underlying conceptual framework, and the significant information base that is updated to remain reasonably current for policy ... -
Think Tank: August 2018
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2018-08-15)Think Tank is a newsletter published by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. This newsletter covers Books, Monograph, Working Papers, Past RSIS Working Papers, Policy Briefs, Policy Reports, Commentaries and Event Reports. -
Implications of Fiscal and Financial Policies for Unlocking Green Finance and Green Investment
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-08-15)Scaling up private investment in renewable energy is indispensable for achieving decarbonization of the global economy, low carbon transformation, and climate-resilient growth. As advocated by the United Nations, governments should create a level playing ... -
An analysis of the costs and benefits of increasing Baku’s public transportation tariffs
(Center for Economic and Social Development, 2018-08-15)According to a resolution of the Tariff Council of Azerbaijan, starting from August 2018, prices of passenger transportation services were increased by 50% across the board. The increase in prices covers both bus and metro transportation. Note that the ... -
Alternative Approaches to Full Employment in Bangladesh Role of the Non-farm Sector
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2018-08-15)The slow growth of employment in the modern manufacturing sector has raised scepticism on how far, and how quickly, Bangladesh economy could productively absorb its large pool of surplus labour, and attain full employment. Following Ranis and Stewart ... -
Financing Solar Photovoltaic Transitions: From Utility to Residential Market Adoption in Emerging Economies
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-08-15)Solar photovoltaic (PV) technological leap-frogging greatly enhances energy accessibility, yet energy affordability remains a critical challenge. Traditional financing options, categorized as the solar-as-asset model, usually favor utility-scale PV ... -
Credit Risk Reduction Effect on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Finance Through the use of Bank Account Information
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-08-15)This paper verifies the impact of bank account information, such as information on deposits and withdrawals, that is not necessarily fully accounted for in conventional internal ratings and that can affect the accuracy of the default predictions of ... -
Determinants of Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in Asia: Implications for Capital Market Development
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-08-15)In this study, we attempt to understand the role of greater access to finance, i.e., stocks, bonds, and bank loans, in public–private partnership (PPP) investment in developing countries. Most developing countries still depend heavily on fiscal financing ... -
Financial Barriers to Development of Renewable and Green Energy Projects in Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-08-15)The expansion of green renewable energy has been very limited in all the Asian countries, despite their various differences. The contributing factors are numerous, but, the financial factor has been the single major factor determining whether or not a ...