Bangladesh has more than halved its incidence of poverty over the past 25 years. The country gained lower middleincome status in 2015…

Kazakhstan became a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1994, shortly after it achieved independence.
During the past 26…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been supporting the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) since 1968 and remains one of the…

Different countries have imposed either partial or full restrictions on people’s movement to contain the spread of the coronavirus…

The first six months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Myanmar saw many early achievements. Despite predictions of disaster, a whole-of-…

This paper examines how debt buildup is related to currency depreciation pressure. It highlights the importance of a debt surveillance…

The annual Asia Power Index — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — measures resources and influence to rank the relative power of…

The disconnect between disaster losses and disaster initiatives indicates that governments are unable to recognize the long-term…

We analyze and compare the patterns of economic growth and development in the Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of…

This is the first country operations business plan (COBP) under the country partnership strategy (CPS), 2020–2024 of the Asian…