Private Sector
Theme curator: Stillman, Grant B.
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Asia's unmet demand for high-quality infrastructure will continue to require heavy participation by the private sector. Learn about the many ways public and private sectors can partner on the next generation of development and ESG investment.
Hybrid financing instrument combines promise of social and development impact bonds with proven asset class of project revenue bonds:
Introducing the "tax-kicker" bond with model term sheet -- a new debt security to unlock future value for increasing present returns on private sector investment in infrastructure by allowing back-end participation in tax revenue growth.
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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 ...
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 ...
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ADB The Office of Public-Private Partnership: December 2021
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-12-13)ADB’s assistance to private sector development makes use of sovereign lending, private sector financing, technical assistance, and transaction advisory services to enable private sector participation in infrastructure. -
Developing a Risk Management System for Participating Government Agencies of India: Policy Lessons in Trade Facilitation Design
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-11-30)The adoption of risk management techniques has been critical to trade facilitation reforms globally. It has allowed border enforcement agencies to reduce processing time for international trade by targeting a lower number of shipments with greater ... -
Thailand as 2022 APEC Chair: What to Expect
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2021-11-19)Thailand has assumed the APEC Chair for 2022 and unveiled the theme of “Open. Connect. Balance.” How does the theme reflect the country’s interests and what are the likely APEC initiatives during its chairmanship? -
Public–Private Partnership Monitor: Pakistan
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-07-30)The Government of Pakistan strongly supports public–private partnerships (PPP) initiatives. From 1990 to 2019, Pakistan witnessed 108 financially-closed PPP projects, with a total investment of approximately $28.4 billion. About 88% of these projects ... -
Developing Principles for Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages Sector in India: Executive Summary
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2021-07-19)The aim of the report is to help the state governments to develop regulations based on certain principles which makes the regulations predictable and transparent. The report suggests the way forward on how the state governments can learn from global ... -
Digital Trade in Services: How can Bangladesh seize opportunities?
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2021-07-19)This study has been undertaken to understand Bangladesh’s prospects of international trade in services in a digital era. Specifically, the study seeks to make the following contributions: Explore how Bangladesh can benefit from digital trade in services; ... -
Delivering SDGs at the Local Level: Efficiency of Social Protection Programmes in Bangladesh
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2021-06-30)The report emphasises the importance of enhancing the efficiency of social protection programmes in Bangladesh to attain the SDGs, particularly to meet the needs of the ‘left behind’ population. In 2016, about 65.6 per cent of the social protection ... -
Digitizing Trade in Asia Needs Legislative Reform
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-05-28)This report identifies country-level legislative gaps in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region that inhibit the digitization of trade. It provides a snapshot of developments and opportunities for legal reform to enable the digitzation ... -
The Reform of the WTO’s Appellate Body: An Economic Perspective
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2021-05-20)In this study, I build a game-theoretical model to analyze the impact of AB reform on WTO members’ trade policies and strategic use of DSP. Specifically, I extend Maggi and Staiger (2011), which relates the accuracy of the Dispute Settlement Body’s ... -
Private Sector Operations in 2020 Report on Development Effectiveness
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-05-15)The Private Sector Operations—Report on Development Effectiveness series reviews the development effectiveness of private sector operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and their contributions to Strategy 2030 and the Sustainable Development ...