ADBI Session on Shock Resilience, Economic Recovery, and Sustainable Development (2022 East Asian Economic Association Convention)

This ADBI session focusing on Asian economies featured new research on macrofinancial resilience and sustainable economic recovery.

The session highlighted the importance of institutional quality in crisis periods and COVID-19’s impact on households and the implications for human capital development. It also explored the effects of pandemic containment policies using surface heat data from the People’s Republic of China, and factors underpinning research and development (R&D) investment in energy storage technologies.

Book Launch: Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Priorities for Asia (2022 Singapore Economic Review Conference)

Taking place during the 2022 Singapore Economic Review Conference, this session highlighted insights from the new ADBI Press book Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Priorities for Asia, produced by ADBI, the Asian Development Bank, and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.

The authors highlighted the pandemic’s impact on digital transformation in financial services and the role of financial technology (fintech) in boosting financial inclusion and economic recovery. The discussion was followed by a question-and-answer session.

Ramon San Pascual

 

A population, health, and environmental policy advocate, Ramon brings with him years of experience working in civil society organizations (CSO) engaged in social development work, and has dedicated many years to policy development, advocacy, and working with policy-makers and stakeholders on population, health, environment, and sustainable development issues.