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

The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

The Asian Development Bank conducted a Philippine enterprise survey during April and May 2020 to gauge the impact of the novel…

The 7th Anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy (24 April 2020) was observed in a completely different context in Bangladesh - particularly…

Emerging economies almost everywhere need help. In Asia, Indonesia faces one of the most difficult outlooks. Its ability to contain the…

Does a shortage of safe assets sow the seeds of instability in a financial system? This paper empirically explores the hypothesis of…

Financial innovation in the form of new delivery channels, products, and providers has helped push out the frontier of access to finance…

The current study investigated whether tourism-related small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perform better than non-tourism-related…

The existing potential of SMEs remains untapped in most developing countries, including India. In India, most SMEs have a lower share of…

Most Pacific island countries appear to have avoided direct health impacts from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Yet, the pandemic…