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This policy brief considers whether central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can promote the accessibility of financial services in…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Didenko, Anton N.|Buckley, Ross P.

Domestic and cross-border payment systems are on the threshold of transformation, with significant gains in speed and lowering of…

Bangladesh

29 Jul 2021

Digital technology is opening a new chapter of economic development, creating a lot of new opportunities such as helping the economy…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Huang, Yiping|Qiu, Han|Wang, Jingyi

This brief reports on a proof of concept project that used Legal Entity Identifiers with biometric identification in a trade platform to…

Other

23 Jul 2021

This paper explores how governments in Asia and the Pacific can create a more enabling environment for tech start-ups.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abell, Thomas E.|Husar, Arndt|Lim, May-Ann

Other

13 Jul 2021

This paper discusses how unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are helping to address energy sector challenges and the feasibility of their…

Other

07 Jul 2021

This brief outlines how public–private partnerships (PPPs) can support anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Beck, Steven|Schou-Zibell, Lotte|Sutken, Can|Estrada, Catherine

Other

05 Jul 2021

This paper offers policy reform recommendations to enable governments to further expand the adoption and deployment of cloud computing…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abell, Thomas E.|Husar, Arndt|Lim, May-Ann

Other

16 Jun 2021