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The pandemic’s devastating impact on tourism-dependent Maldives highlighted the need to diversify its economy to reduce macroeconomic…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ali, Abdulla|Gentile, Elisabetta|Mallari, Macrina|Ng, Thiam Hee

Maldives

12 Dec 2023

Climate finance has yet to reach the necessary scale for mobilizing sufficient funds to support the decarbonization efforts of…

Diversification and strengthening of Eurasian rail corridors benefit Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation members through revenues…

Armenia

06 Dec 2023

This paper explores the impact of at-the-border and behind-the-border measures on intraregional trade in perishable goods within the…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ramizo, Dorothea|Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko

This brief assesses the impact of the European Union’s carbon tariffs on energy-intensive exports from Asia and the Pacific and shows…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Park, Cyn-Young|Yamamoto, Yuya|Doong, Maria Anne Lorraine

Other

30 Nov 2023

G20’s commitments have focused on advancing women’s entrepreneurship but have not fully considered their challenges to participate in…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Taneja, Nisha |Joshi, Sanjana |Prakash, Shravani |Dasgupta, Pawani |Dua, Sanya

Other

30 Nov 2023

This paper reviews the overall micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise landscape in Asia, including the challenges and constraints…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Izumi, Atsuko |Sawada, Yasuyuki|Watanabe, Yasutora|Elhan-Kayalar, Yesim M.

Other

28 Nov 2023

As pressure grows on countries in Asia and the Pacific to ramp up climate change mitigation, this brief analyzes the critical role…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Kim, Kijin|Petri, Peter|Park, Cyn-Young|Plummer, Michael G.

Other

27 Nov 2023

This edition analyzes how financial conditions weakened and bond yields rose in most emerging East Asian markets between 1 September and…