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New and innovative digital approaches that facilitate access to finance can effectively support the socioeconomic empowerment of women…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Salman, Arisha|Nowacka, Keiko

The Pacific Renewable Energy Program (Program) provides an umbrella facility of up to $100,000,000 of financing support, including loans…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Bank

The Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility finances a series of renewable energy projects in the 11 smaller Pacific island…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Bank

During the first eight months of fiscal year (FY) 2020, major economic indicators of Bangladesh economy have exhibited some worrying…

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Centre for Policy Dialogue

Dialogue, Centre for Policy

In this study, we examine the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs) and highlight the…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Reddy, Ketan|Sasidharan, Subash

We introduce the Credit Risk Database (CRD) and its contribution to financial inclusion efforts in Japan. By collecting financial data…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Nguyen, Lan H.|Sagara, Megumi

This study investigated the impact of banking integration on recipient country bank default risk and, in particular, whether the type of…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Nguyen, Dung Thuy Thi|Diaz-Rainey, Ivan|Roberts, Helen|Le, Minh

In many Asian countries we observe a rapid expansion of technology-oriented startups. Governments hope that these startups will boost…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Vandenberg, Paul|Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimee|Helble, Matthias

This paper studies the experience of regulatory reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Thailand and Malaysia. It explores the…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Wisuttisak, Pornchai|Rahman, Nasarudin Bin Abdul