In Papua New Guinea, the lack of official identification (ID) documents is a major obstacle to opening a bank account. Overcoming this challenge would…

This edition shows how a modest improvement in economic fundamentals has buoyed East Asia’s local currency bond (LCY) markets, but potential renewed…

This brief examines the progress of development partners and governments in international commitments to use country governance systems, identifies the…

This report highlights the benefits of issuing blue bonds, details eligible project categories, and explains the process of issuing the instruments as…

The 2023 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey indicates that the global trade finance gap reached $2.5 trillion in 2022, impacting economic…

Providing high-level climate risk assessments for cities in Armenia, Georgia, and Uzbekistan, this report is designed to mainstream mitigation and…

Read our guidance note to learn how financial institutions can integrate sex-disaggregated data to evaluate women’s creditworthiness and make lending…

Bhutan’s schools maintained their relatively strong performance during the pandemic as access to remote learning, the opening of boarding facilities,…

Accelerating coal retirement at scale will require a holistic strategy tailored for each country.

Women around the world were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, both economically and socially.

This flyer explains how ADB’s Blue SEA Finance Hub aims to build a $300 million pipeline of bankable projects by 2024 to help Southeast Asian countries…

This publication analyzes the evolution of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) in Asia and the Pacific, assesses their potential risks and technical…