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Unlocking MSME Potential amid Global Trade Uncertainty

11 December 2025
The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2025 looks at financial and non-financial conditions, progress, and policy interventions for MSMEs in the region. How can ADB operations help DMCs design effective MSME development strategies that unlock MSME potential amid global trade…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Building Sustainable Investment Policies: Lessons from Uzbekistan

2 December 2025
A comprehensive, long-term approach to investment policy was key to unlocking the potential of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Asia and the Pacific. Such an approach looked beyond individual reforms to build a coherent investment framework that encompassed legal and regulatory systems,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Skills that Pay: Demand for Digital and AI Skills in Asia and the Pacific

24 November 2025
The study, The Technification of Jobs: An LLM-Based Analysis of Digital Skills Demand in Asia–Pacific, provided a large-scale assessment of how digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills were transforming job markets across seven countries in the region. Using millions of job postings from…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Scaling What Works: Private Sector Development as Catalyst for Growth in Southeast Asia

18 November 2025
Mobilizing private sector capital was essential to narrowing the multitrillion-dollar financing gap for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific—a gap that public funds alone could not fill. In line with its Strategy 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had made private sector…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department, Southeast Asia Department

ASM 2025: Global Uncertainty, Trade, and Private Sector Businesses in Asia and the Pacific

12 to 13 November 2025
ADB organized the Launch Seminar of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) 2025 Edition, which addressed the theme “Global Uncertainty, Trade, and Private Sector Businesses in Asia and the Pacific” on 12–13 November 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The ASM was a signature knowledge…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Asia Pacific Climate Report 2025 Launch: Unlocking Nature for Development

30 October 2025
The second report of the series, Unlocking Nature for Development, highlighted the economic imperative of integrating nature into decision-making to scale investment and drive nature-positive transformation across the region. This webinar explored how upgrading governance, policy, and data…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Accelerating Asia’s Growth with AI and Cloud Technologies

16 October 2025
Synergistic adoption of AI and cloud technologies is unlocking unprecedented opportunities for regional growth. The session highlighted how even a modest 1% increase in AI spending can generate a 0.03% rise in GDP, underscoring the significant economic potential of these technologies.…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Serendipity Knowledge Program (SKOP) on Digital Transformation: Cybersecurity and Data Protection for Digital Economy Development

15 October 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) is ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs in line with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP seeks to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate discussion…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Asian Development Outlook September 2025 Launch

30 September 2025
Higher tariffs are casting a longer shadow over the global economy, with developing Asia feeling the strain. Yet, the region is showing resilience, buoyed by supportive policies and easing inflation. The Asian Development Outlook September 2025 dived deep into these shifting dynamics,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

12th Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Regional Conference

23 to 25 September 2025
  On 23–25 September 2025, ADB, OECD, Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), and Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi (PAN-RB) co-organized the 12th Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) Regional Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. Uzbekistan joining ACI marked a…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity