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As we seek to increase impact investing activity, it is likely that further progress will be constituted by scaling existing activity as…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Huang, Bihong|Kapoor, Anant|Liang, Hao|Luo, Dave Jia Xuan

The countercyclical pattern of saving in Thailand in the 1990s and 2000s challenged the prediction of permanent income theory and raised…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Paweenawat, Sasiwimon Warunsiri

This paper aims to examine the effect of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on sovereign funding costs, with a focus…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Nemoto, Naoko|Liu, Lian

As the world’s second and third largest economies, both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Japan are facing the challenge of…

Globally, 1.7 billion adults still lack access to formal financial services, with a large percentage living in South Asia and Sub-…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Lyons, Angela C.|Kass-Hanna, Josephine|Liu, Fan|Greenlee, Andrew J.|Zeng, Lianyun

Financial services in Thailand are undergoing rapid transformation. The adoption of digital payments has been growing at an exponential…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Moenjak, Thammarak|Kongprajya, Anyarat|Monchaitrakul, Chompoonoot

The paper provides an empirical analysis of factors affecting the use of capital market instruments for financing infrastructure public–…

This paper presents the findings of a survey among 18 central banks from Asia and the Pacific regarding their views on and policies…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Durrani, Aziz|Volz, Ulrich|Rosmin, Masyitah

Rapid developments in financial technology (fintech) are expected to contribute to improvements in financial inclusion and well-being.…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Yoshino, Naoyuki|Morgan, Peter J.|Long, Trinh Q.

Given its role in affecting financial behavior, financial literacy has received considerable attention from researchers and policy…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Aska, Media Wahyudi|Ouattara, Bazoumana|Zhang, Yin-Fang