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Cognizant of the value, contribution, and challenges in the country’s agricultural finance, the government has intensified its lending programs to help…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie|Magno-Ballesteros, Marife|Baje, Lora Kryz C.|Ancheta, Jenica A.

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

This paper shows that advanced analytics and traditional statistical techniques on available unstructured and structured data can be utilized to…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Lagria, Raymond Freth A.|Quismorio, Brenda A.

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a forward-looking trade agreement between member economies of the Association of Southeast…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Rivera, John Paolo R.|Jr., Tereso S. Tullao

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

This ex-ante study analyzes the impacts of e-commerce adoption on the performance of women-led MSMEs in Metro Manila, their awareness and perceptions…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Bacasmas, Jill Angeli V.|Carlos, Jean Clarisse T.|Katigbak, Jovito Jose P.

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

South Asian cities are rapidly urbanizing and projected to grow by more than 300 million new residents between 2020 and 2040. If the current…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ballaney, Shirley|Faust, Amy|Swarankar, Ramesh C.|Belliappa, Saswati Ghosh

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

This policy brief will discuss the conceptual issues related to state’s role in implementing UNGPs in businesses, review the current state of human and…

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Centre for Policy Dialogue

Moazzem, Khondaker Golam|Preoty, Helen Mashiyat|Khan, Abdul Mahidud

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

This policy brief sheds light on RCEP’s potential benefits, yet apparently contradictory shallow nature, to conciliate expectations through an analysis…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Crivelli, Pramila|Inama, Stefano

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

The budget plan for 2022 envisages the primary goals for insurance of the economic growth in the upcoming year, emphasizing economic diversification as…

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asian countries are trying to realize the…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Sinha, Avik|Shah, Muhammad Ibrahim|Mehta, Atul|Sharma, Rajesh

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

Marine litter seriously affects island-based or archipelagic economies. The Philippines is an example of a country at the center of this predicament…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Serrona, Kevin Roy B.|Yu, Jeongsoo|Camarin, Mary Jean A.

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the role of Fintech, in particular…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Hossain, Monzur|Chowdhury, Tahreen Tahrima

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022

The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak have heavily affected CAREC member countries, which include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Azhgaliyeva, Dina|Mishra, Ranjeeta|Long, Trinh|Morgan, Peter

Asia and the Pacific

30 Jan 2022