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

This volume reviews micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Southeast Asia. It provides data and analysis as a resource…

This report reviews evidence of the macrofinancial linkages and feedback effects of financial distress in Asia. It proposes policy…

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

This paper evaluates the Viet Nam bond market from a global credit rating agency’s perspective and examines the potential of an…

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

Investment by China’s tech companies in Singapore has picked up considerable pace in recent months. Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent have…

The paper analyzes the labor market outcomes of graduates of post-secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in…

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

With a large pool of engineers and scientists, the presence of over 9300 technology-based startups and its strengths in exports of…