In recent years, Nepal’s economic and social progress has included reducing poverty rates, increasing literacy rates, and narrowing…

Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific, with tourism as the main driver of economic activity and foreign direct…

Consisting of 15 small islands scattered over 1.8 million square kilometers, the Cook Islands has an economy driven largely by tourism…

Indonesia was a founding member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1966. Today, the country is ADB’s sixth largest shareholder and…

Brunei Darussalam has provided $538.46 million in capital subscription to ADB as of 31 December 2020. It has also contributed and…

The Pacific is expected to recover with moderate growth of 0.3% in 2021 and 4.0% in 2022, with tourism and widespread vaccination…

Begun in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become one of the key international cooperation platforms, mainly focusing on…

This compendium of 13 briefs from the Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogues provide insights on how Southeast…

The population in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is aging rapidly, as the proportion of people aged 60 and above is expected to…

This note analyzes the potential impact of global inflation and rising commodity prices on consumer prices in the People's Republic…