At the time of project design, Nepal was among the poorest countries in the world. Poverty is high in rural areas where the incidence…

The New Globalization has reached the Philippine shores. To assist the country in crafting relevant policies on this phenomenon, the…

The population of East and Southeast Asia has been ageing rapidly and will begin to decline ahead of other regions by 2040. By 2060, the…

The COVID-19 pandemic brought havoc to the accommodation industry in Georgia, mainly because of the high dependance of the sector on…

Since 2014, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted the climate risk management (CRM) approach to scale up investments in climate…

The country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Bhutan is consistent with ADB’s country…

This publication evaluates water security in Mongolia and provides analyses based from other documents and studies for a…

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play significant roles in developing economies in Asia and SOE performance remains crucial for economy-…

This study examines the determinants of blue economy activities, namely tourism and fisheries, in 21 Asia and Pacific island countries…

Even as a number of developing countries have been able to reap the export opportunities presented by the rise of global value chains (…