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Governance and public sector management

Abenomics: Progress, prospects and how the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can help solve Japan’s debt problem

Abenomics: Progress, prospects and how the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can help solve Japan’s debt problem
...investment boom before the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and prepare for the post-Olympics downturn. The Olympic Games were last held in Tokyo in 1964. To finance massive infrastructure projects like...

Social development and protection

Asia and Pacific region post-2015 priorities, MDG8, and Global Partnerships

Asia Pacific post-2015 priorities, MDG8 and Global Partnerships
...backdrop of non-aid resources—such as remittances and foreign direct investment—increasing in importance, and a growth in funding from “non-traditional” donors, including emerging economies and philanthropic organizations. On top of this,...

Social development and protection

Preparing for life after the MDGs

Preparing for life after the MDGs
...world has become increasingly vulnerable to financial and environmental shocks, closer trade and financial linkages help propagate the shocks around the world regardless of their origins. We have also seen...

Economics

What’s behind the recent oil price drop?

What’s behind the recent oil price drop?
...weaker investment outside the United States and growth fears in emerging markets such as the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and Brazil as the primary reasons for the...

Finance sector development

3 ways to serve Asia and the Pacific’s ‘unbanked’

Analyzing microfinance loans is one way to collect “alternative data” on consumer debt levels and ability to repay. An ADB-supported microfinance institution in Uzbekistan. Photo by Eric Sales
...farm equipment as security. Other Pacific island nations are doing the same to improve the business climate and encourage investment. 3. Use digital finance to provide financial services. Digital finance...

Urban development

Housing markets and housing policies in India

Housing markets and housing policies in India
...to “poverty eradication,” which led to a gravitational shift of policies from cities to rural areas. Huge subsidy and capital investment programs for the agriculture sector further left few resources...

Economics, Finance sector development, Governance and public sector management

Assessing the BOJ’s yield curve control policy

Assessing the BOJ’s yield curve control policy
...purchase of a smaller amount of various other assets, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Japan real estate investment trusts, and corporate bonds; and a negative interest rate for current account...

Education, Information and Communications Technology

E-learning to enhance capacities in Asia and the Pacific

E-learning to enhance capacities in Asia and the Pacific
...a substantial proportion of the region’s population that is not connected. Investment in communication infrastructure to improve connectivity is necessary in preparing for the changes of the digital age. Unequal...

Economics, Finance sector development, Information and Communications Technology

Digital transformation poses potential risks for stability and the financial industry

Digital transformation poses potential risks for stability and the financial industry
...and reports by investment banks that may reveal information about market sentiment. The evolving analytical techniques that enable financial institutions to take advantage of big data are commonly known as...

Education, Regional cooperation and integration

Scholars, policymakers, and international affairs: Finding common cause

Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs: Finding Common Cause
...the most poignant chapters in the book is a case study of the ‘dialogue of the deaf’ on the narcotics trade where academic wisdom shows that the ‘war on drugs’...