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The Circular Economy Advantage

26 September 2017
Compared to today’s linear’s “take, make, dispose” economic model which disregards loss of materials, a circular economy provides a powerful lens to review every process within a framework of material flows and reduces waste or inefficiencies. Switching from a linear to a circular economy is…

Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs

21 September 2017
Infrastructure is associated with development. For Asia to cope with its inhabitants’ needs, more and better infrastructure is needed. Unfortunately, investment gaps remains in many countries in the region. This presentation, based on ADB’s report Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs, looks into the…

Regional Integration in Asia: Trends and Issues

21 September 2017
Regional integration shows large variations across subregions and six dimensions, with Southeast Asia being the most advanced. Asian financial markets and systems, meanwhile, are still more integrated globally than regionally. This presentation highlights Asia’s regional integration trends, with…

Financing for Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization (People's Republic of China Case)

21 September 2017
Urbanization rate in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has increased to 56.7% in 2016, a far cry from 35.88% rate recorded in 2000. This spells the need for sustainable financing mechanism and solving equity and efficiency issues. Learn more about the “new-type of urbanization” in the PRC, along…

Study Tour to the Agricultural Markets (2017)

1 September 2017
The Asian Development Bank and Mercasa have been working to build the capacity of government officials in selected developing member countries (Kazakhstan, Nepal, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam) on the development, operation, and management of wholesale markets. This report shares full details of the…

Economic Analysis of Investment Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.

Economic Analysis of Investment Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

25 August 2017
Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights towards developing a common understanding of economic analysis methodologies and applications to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects.

Inclusive Green Growth Index: A New Benchmarking for Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific

25 July 2017
After decades focusing on economic production, the development trend has shifted toward creating social inclusion and environmental sustainability. However, current indicators such as gross domestic product do not capture non-economic performance of countries. This research introduces the Inclusive…

ASEAN at 50: What Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution Mean for ASEAN Integration?

25 July 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)—the interactions of technologies across the physical, digital, and biological realms—is occurring at unprecedented speed, and the breadth and depth of changes arising from the revolution present significant opportunities but will also disrupt existing…

Growth and Stability in Advanced Middle-Income Countries

13 July 2017
Recent years have witnessed a rising wave of advanced middle-income countries (AMICs) in Asia. AMICs differ from lower middle-income countries in a number of ways as enumerated in this presentation. Economic upgrading and political management are highlighted as solutions to the economic and…