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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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Global Investment and Policy Implications in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2019-01-31)The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Agreement in 2015 accelerated the transition to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy which requires significant investment for both new and existing infrastructure. Climate-resilient ... -
Vietnam’s Industrialization Ambitions : The Case of Vingroup and the Automotive Industry
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019-01-30)This article reviews Vingroup’s decision to enter the automotive industry and discusses its implications for Vietnam’s industrialization drive in general and its automotive industry in particular. It will provide an overview of the Vietnamese automotive ... -
International Comparison and Trade Effects of Digital Innovation
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2019-01-18)The fourth industrial revolution is the ongoing industrial revolution driven by intelligent information technology. The digital innovations related to artificial intelligence, big data analysis, cloud computing, and the internet of things are driving ... -
Indonesia’s New Halal Law: Impact on the Political Economy
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-01-17)Indonesia’s new halal certification law will be implemented by the end of 2019. What are the implications of the upcoming halal law on the country’s political economy and on Indonesia’s ambition to be a global halal hub? -
Realizing the Potential of Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Asia’s Infrastructure Development
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-01-15)This publication highlights how public–private partnerships (PPPs) can be effective to meet Asia’s growing infrastructure needs. It shows how governments and their development partners can use PPPs to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth. The ... -
Regional Development in Tunisia: The Consequences of Multiple Marginalization
(Brookings India, 2019-01-15)This paper attempts to bring back the concept of regional development into the debate on marginalization, with special reference to Tunisia. The ensuing discussion has three aims. Firstly, the paper seeks to critically assess how the brand of development ... -
ADBI News 39: Sun Rises on T20 Japan, SME Finance Opening, Obesity Crisis Grows
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-01-15)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. -
The Belt and Road Initiative in Malaysia: Case of the Kuantan Port
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019-01-15)This article examines the expansion of Kuantan port and its strategy to create additional demand for the new port’s facilities as well as key challenges in moving forward. -
Pakistan’s Economic Vulnerability and the US South Asia Strategy in Light of CPEC
(Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2019-01-15)US-Pakistan relations have seen highs and lows, and US aid flows to the country mirror the shifts in US foreign policy positions. Even after Pakistan's initiation as a key non-NATO ally post 9/11 the bilateral relationship has been fluctuating. The ... -
‘New Way’ to Manage Sino-Indian Engagement?
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-01-10)Buoyed by four summit meetings and the formation of a new people-to-people ‘mechanism’ in quick succession, China-India engagement appears to be on a firm track. Despite challenges, this marks an opportune moment to press ahead towards total rapprochement.