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This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People's Republic of China. This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the...

This report explores the role of technology in providing solutions to some of the key labor market challenges that Asian countries with progressive aging must face in order to boost productivity and...

This publication is designed to help tax analysts estimate revenue losses from tax expenditures and tax incentives. It presents the methodologies commonly used to estimate revenues forgone using...

This report showcases the role that technology can play in improving the quality, timeliness, and frequency of agricultural statistics in Asia and the Pacific. It is a special supplement to the Key...

This comparative study provides an overview of the textbook production chain and suggests ways in which policy makers can make improvements. With evidence from a range of countries, mainly in Asia,...

The CAPI Effect : Boosting Survey Data Through Mobile TechnologyAuthor: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development BankPublication Date: Sep 30, 2019Number of Pages: 70 pagesLanguage:...

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Fiji, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application of...

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Nepal, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application of...

This publication seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Pakistan, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments.Author: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.Publisher: Asian...

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Sri Lanka, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current...

This report analyzes Indonesia's participation in and contribution to global value chains (GVCs) during 2000-2017 as the largest economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The evolving...

The Ha Noi Action Plan 2018-2022 (HAP) addresses the unfinished and expanded agenda of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program for the remaining 5 years of the GMS Strategic...

This publication presents a factual overview of the design and implementation of the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme, focusing on lessons from its implementation and opportunities under the Paris...

This publication explores marine renewable energy sources and shows how increasing the capacity of the blue economy can help the Asia and Pacific region transition to a clean energy, low carbon...

Detailing how Australia's Therapeutics Goods Administration conducted horizon scanning for new vaccines during the pandemic to assist ADB, this report is designed to help countries in Asia and the...

This publication provides updates on Social Protection Indicators of 24 countries in Asia, with an analysis of 2015 data on social protection programs. It shows progress in expenditure, primarily...

This report assesses social protection measures in Asia, shows how they help tackle crises such COVID-19 and climate change, and outlines the need for more inclusive, shock-responsive policies to cut...

This publication provides updates on social protection indicators for 13 Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. It presents an analysis of 2015 data on social protection...

This report presents an analysis of 2018 social protection data from the Asian Development Bank's 14 Pacific developing member countries. It uses the bank's Social Protection Indicator to assess the...

This publication examines the development assistance of the Asian Development Bank since Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002. Milestones in nation-building and activities of development partners...

This publication showcases stories of successful partnerships between the Asian Development Bank and its member countries in Asia and the Pacific. This publication reflects on the enduring...

This report analyzes tourism in Asia and the Pacific as a services export industry, assesses how it was hard hit by the pandemic, and looks at ways to better insulate tourism sectors against future...

Introducing a data-driven framework aimed at closing the digital education gap, this report assesses 10 developing member countries and illuminates how a multi-stakeholder, systemic...

Documents the process and materials needed to conduct interventions to support the transition to local government-led Community-Driven Development in the Philippines.Author: Asian Development...

This is the first volume comprising a series of technical specification reference guides that ADB prepared regarding the design of training facility norms and standard equipment lists based on...

This publication explores the views of stakeholders in the two decades of partnership between ADB and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in India. ADB supported Kolkata's integrated planning and...

This tool kit for the health sector aims to improve understanding of the legal framework, technology, and unique health identifiers or patient registries involved in ensuring the continuity and...

This report analyzes how Islamic finance can be scaled up to help build urgently-needed climate-resilient infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific region, and ensure its post-COVID-19 recovery is...

This report provides an analysis of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs), explores their prominent economic and social role, and explains how further reforms can unlock their commercial and...

This book explains how rapid digitalization during COVID-19 has accelerated the growth of digital services trade in Asia and the Pacific, and provides analysis on the opportunities, challenges, and...