The Asian Development Bank has appointed Nianshan Zhang as Director General for its Southeast Asia Department.

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Azusa Sato as Regional Director of its Pacific Subregional Office, based in Suva, ...

Office of Safeguards Head Zhang Nianshan announces the effectivity of the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

ADB has signed a $50 million loan agreement with JSC Rustavi Azot (Rustavi Azot Indorama) to modernize the company’s fertilizer production facilities in Georgia with energy-efficient technologies.

After over 15 years of government decentralization in Indonesia, institutions allowing provincial and subprovincial governments to implement newly acquired responsibilities have yet to be built.

It provides a primer on the importance of land value capture in urban planning and growth and identifies challenges to its use in Southeast Asian megacities like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Manila. The ...

The JSS, a modular supplement to national labor force surveys, generates new policy-relevant indicators on job tasks, skills use, and workplace digitalization. The report highlights differences across ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), with support from the Government of Japan through the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific, is implementing the Water Resources Management in ...

This working paper highlights the role of agroforestry in building climate resilience by restoring degraded landscapes and creating multifunctional and sustainable systems that connect nature, ...

The brief details the hurdles India overcame to launch its UPI real-time payment system, highlights the government’s role, and explains how digital payments can improve efficiency and reduce gender ...

This edition finds that economic growth in Asia and the Pacific will slow slightly as a new global trade environment emerges. The region’s outlook will be shaped by offsetting factors. Higher US ...

View the Asia SME Monitor 2022 Data The development of MSMEs remains key to promoting inclusive growth in developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise ...