Infrastructure
Theme curator: Yoshino, Naoyuki
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Long-term leases with options to buy rights-of-way, elevated and underground bypasses of sensitive lands and integrated 5G and fiber optic parallel cables for linear corridors are latest quality ideas from our theme curators. Think20 policywriters are backing the Group of Twenty leaders’ adoption of of the G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment as the common strategy and aspiration. This must-read book from ADBIPress provides real answers on how to share land fairly for public goods. And Mitsubishi Research Institute and ADBI have just compiled latest knowhow from worldwide megaprojects for their Principles of Infrastructure.
Recommended sites
Africa Portal's comprehensive research repository and expert analysis on infrastructure from a south-south perspective.
Reconnecting Asia is mapping major infra linkages that are rapidly reshaping the political economy and connectivity of Asia and the Pacific, and Indian ocean region.
Asia-Pacific Research Exchange on infra provides insights and roundups from financial analysts on project bonds and regional markets.
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Principles of Infrastructure: Case Studies and Best Practices
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-06-15)
Infrastructure is a priority around the world for all stakeholders. Infrastructure projects can continue for several years, from planning and construction to the provision of services. As development in Asia and the Pacific accelerates, governments ...
Achieving Sustainable Sanitation in Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-06-30)
In 1977, a global meeting of political leaders was held for the first time to discuss the importance of clean water supply and wastewater management at Mar del Plata in Argentina. The International Decade of Water Supply and Sanitation was declared ...
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Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Sector: Constant Expectations despite Diminishing Returns
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-03-02)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 ... -
The Economy of Azerbaijan 2021: An upswing from Economic Rebound with the Risks in Scenario
(Center for Economic and Social Development, 2022-03-01)The year 2020 posed an unprecedented challenge to the World economy with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic shrinking the global GDP by 6,7%1 and bringing worldwide severe economic repercussions. Thanks to the massive vaccination program, global ... -
Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Tuvalu Updated March 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-03-01)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 ... -
RSIS NTS Bulletin: February 2022
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security; Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -
Public Attitudes Towards Energy Policy and Sustainable Development in ASEAN Countries
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)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; ... -
Understanding SME Trade Finance in ASEAN: An Overview
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)SMEs are the most important source of employment in all ASEAN countries, but a lack of access to external sources of finance may limit their expansion and growth. In particular, the existence of a trade finance gap can curtail their participation in ... -
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic for Developing a Resilient ASEAN
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)The vast differences in the level of economic and social development, political governance, and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, nearly all ASEAN member states share a common outlook towards growth strategies. They will all ... -
How Much Has People Empowerment Progressed among Small Farmers and Fisherfolk? State of People’s Organizations in the Philippines
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This is an attempt to quantify government’s performance in empowering small farmers and fishers following the provisions of AFMA. It establishes four dimensions of empowerment that may be used to measure empowerment and presents some evidence of how ... -
Modernizing Agriculture and Fisheries: Overview of Issues, Trends, and Policies
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This paper offers an overview towards assessing the implementation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (RA 8435), the country’s landmark legislation on the sustainable and equitable development of its agriculture and fisheries. The study ... -
RSIS Beyond Relief! Singapore Humanitarian Network Issue 4
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)In our Feature Article, Lina Gong writes about the need to adapt humanitarian practices to new environments and constraints. The sector needs to reform, adapt and innovate to prepare for much more complex and uncertain futures. This issue’s On the ...