Displaying 1 - 10 of 13

Harnessing the Benefits of Regional Cooperation and Integration

27 March 2025
The Asian Economic Integration Report 2025 examines how regional integration has driven growth in Asia and the Pacific over the past 2 decades. It highlights impacts on trade, global value chains, cross-border investment, finance, and the movement of people within the region. Additionally, it…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

2023 Regional Cooperation and Integration Conference Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration through Economic Corridor Development

5 to 7 September 2023
Economic corridor development (ECD) plays a crucial role in promoting regional cooperation and integration (RCI). A successful ECD will increase connectivity through trade integration and infrastructure development leading to increased regional economic growth. ECD becomes more important for post-…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Project Tridecagon Technology to Link Financial Markets in ASEAN+3

15 June 2023
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchains could be used to better connect ASEAN+3 central banks and central securities depository systems—an approach demonstrated by Project Tridecagon. A group of experts discussed the results of this proof-of-concept project, weighing the suitability,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Investors and Underwriters Perspectives on Sustainable Finance in ASEAN

24 November 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of climate change serve as a wake-up call for policymakers, corporations, investors, and all other relevant stakeholders to integrate environmental, social, and governance factors into their operations and daily lives. While ASEAN's sustainable bond market…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Recent Technological Advances in ASEAN+3 Financial Market Infrastructure

23 June 2022
Financial markets in East and Southeast Asia have become increasingly sophisticated and interlinked over the last two decades. A panel of experts discussed six new technologies that are helping financial market infrastructure evolve to meet the challenges of the digital age. The experts…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Strategic Routes for Financial Resilience in ASEAN+3

14 December 2021
Regional financial cooperation remains crucial for East and Southeast Asian economies to adapt to the changing financial landscape. This Asian Impact webinar discussed how regional financial cooperation can help achieve financial resilience and sustained recovery post-pandemic, in the context of…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

An Enhanced Measure of Regional Cooperation and Integration

7 October 2021
The Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) is a robust tool to track progress on different areas of regional cooperation and integration (RCI). To capture its increasingly complex nature, the enhanced ARCII framework offers several innovations including new dimensions on…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment Amid COVID19Supply Chains Bottlenecks and Policy Implications

4 June 2020
This webinar featured a high-level panel of experts and discussed how COVID-19 is disrupting global supply chains for medical equipment, pinpoint weaknesses in supply chain management, explore solutions for businesses, and suggest how governments and international agencies can help. It also gave…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Book Launch Infrastructure Financing in Asia

29 October 2019
Developing Asian countries need to invest more than 5% of their gross domestic product over the next decade to be able to meet the infrastructure needs of their fast-growing economies, according to Infrastructure Financing in Asia, a new book edited by ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Asian Development Outlook ADO Launch Series

25 September 2019 to 21 September 2022
The Asian Development Outlook analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia. This includes forecasting the inflation and gross domestic product growth rates of countries throughout the region, including the People’s Republic of China and India.
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department