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Asia's unmet demand for infrastructure will continue to require heavy participation by the private sector. Find out here the many ways the public and private sectors partner for successful development and investment.
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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 ...
Water Privatization, Ethnicity and RentSeeking: Preliminary Evidence from Malaysia
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2015-11-04)
This paper focuses on water and sewerage projects in the state of Selangor to illustrate the relationship between privatisation, ethnicity and rent-seeking. Section 2 outlines the problem in terms of Malaysia’s failed water privatisation, contextualises ...
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Japanese Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-05-15)This paper analyses the outlook for Japan’s infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia as the region has become the primary destination for Japan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in recent years. Section 2 reviews how the construction industry in ... -
Performance Differential Between Private and State-Owned Enterprises: An Analysis of Profitability and Leverage
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between ownership identity and the performance of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using cross-sectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by employing ... -
Southeast Asia’s Middle-Income Challenge and the Role of the Private Sector
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2019-04-29)Every year, the US business magazine Fortune selects 500 global companies based on their annual revenue. Despite its many limitations, the Fortune Global 500 rankings provide a useful reference to the economic power and global competitiveness of each ... -
Big Data-Based Peer-to-Peer Lending Fintech: Surveillance System Through the Utilization a of Google Play Review
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-04-15)Peer-to-peer lending (P2PL) FinTech is growing rapidly in Indonesia. With its flexibility and simplicity, P2PL reduces the gap in financing that cannot be fulfilled by banks. However, the rapid development of P2PL also raises a number of problems that ... -
Education Management Organizations Program in Sindh, Pakistan: Public–Private Partnership Profile
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-03-15)In 2013, the Government of Sindh (the government) passed the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, in compliance with Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan. This legislation placed renewed pressure on the government and ... -
WFPF: Water Financing Partnership Facility: 2019 Annual Work Program
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-02-28)This Annual Work Program for 2019 presents the priorities and activities for the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF or the Facility), as administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on behalf of its financing partners contributing to the ... -
Water Financing Partnership Facility Annual Work Program 2018
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-02-28)This Annual Work Program for 2018 presents the priorities and activities for the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF or the Facility), as administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on behalf of its financing partners contributing to the ... -
Money and Central Bank Digital Currency
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-02-15)This paper takes an overview of the concepts and features of central bank money and private sector money and focuses on the actual performance of these types of money in selected advanced and emerging economies. In addition, digital coins (crypto ... -
WFPF: Water Financing Partnership Facility: 2018 Annual Report
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-02-12)The Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF or the Facility) was established on 29 November 2006 to provide additional financial and knowledge resources from development partners to support the implementation of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) ... -
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 ...