This second volume of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on micro,…
06 Nov 2020
Myanmar continues to face challenges to achieving inclusive economic growth. In the past decade, the government of Myanmar has undertaken a number of…
05 Nov 2020
Sri Lanka has a high proportion of workers (around 68% of the total employed) in informal employment. These informal workers usually work for low-wage…
04 Nov 2020
Some commentators argue that China deliberately pursues the “debt trap diplomacy” to project undue political influence over smaller countries that…
04 Nov 2020
This publication summarizes the 53rd ADB Annual Meeting (2nd stage), which involved events on current development issues in Asia and the Pacific,…
04 Nov 2020
Scholars studying the North Korean economy say that North Korea (NK) faces three difficulties by the end of 2020: sanctions against NK, Covid19, and…
03 Nov 2020
This publication focuses on an investment program in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as one of the Office of the Special Project Facilitator’s (OSPF) Lessons…
03 Nov 2020
This brief emphasizes that Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads in its efforts to forge a sustainable future and urges policy action to put the…
03 Nov 2020
The Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors is an opportunity to provide guidance on the administrative, financial, and…
02 Nov 2020
Japan and Thailand are geographically similar in that both countries have a vast coastline and a population that is concentrated in urban areas.…
30 Oct 2020
Developing Asia has seen a buildup of public and private debt since the global financial crisis. Private debt in particular has grown rapidly, raising…
30 Oct 2020
Most Southeast Asian countries are struggling to improve their waste management systems. They have enacted and refined laws on waste management,…
30 Oct 2020