This publication and accompanying summary materials highlight key messages from current research and data on women’s economic empowerment in Pacific…

The Bank of Japan has not only been a pioneer in pursuing unconventional monetary policy, but has also become a reference point for other central banks…

Exchange rate developments are important considerations for central banks in the sense that they can affect
their core mandate of price stability…

This report explains how the rapid adoption of digital technology in Central and West Asia can help unlock growth and shows why economies need to…

This report explains how Azerbaijan’s fast-growing agro-processing, transportation, and storage industries can benefit from the adoption of digital…

This report analyzes how Uzbekistan’s key textile, garment, and construction sectors will be impacted by its adoption of digital technologies and shows…

Using theoretical and analytical foundations, this working paper shows the development and use of a maturity assessment framework to support ADB…

This report shows how embracing digitalization can boost jobs in Pakistan’s textile, garment, and information technology–business process outsourcing…

This study shows that the new pension program in the People’s Republic of China can fundamentally alter the traditional support system between…

This paper reviews the patterns of sectoral debts and growth and the mechanisms explaining the adverse effects of debt burdens on growth rates.

This study introduces a methodology to estimate the economy-specific task content of occupations across economies at different income levels.

The implementation of trade facilitation measures has a significant impact on overall manufactured exports.