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The COVID-19, or coronavirus global pandemic, has required huge responses from governments all over the world. Timor-Leste has its own unique…

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The Asia Foundation

Aid, Australian|Orima

Asia and the Pacific

30 Dec 2020

This publication presents a detailed overview of the current state of the public–private partnership (PPP) environment in the Philippines, which has a…

This working paper applies a modernization indicator to assesses the progress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and compared it with countries of…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Lee, Minsoo|Kim, Joon-Kyung|Park, Myung Ho|Peng, Longyun|Okazaki, Tetsuji|Ishii, Susumu

Policymakers and donors have long viewed credit programs as salient means to develop the agriculture sector, especially the small-farm agriculture.…

Asia and the Pacific

29 Dec 2020

This Paper identifies certain policy issues in the existing regulatory infrastructure of the Philippines which may prevent digital platforms in the…

Asia and the Pacific

29 Dec 2020

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is at an advanced stage of conducting pilot studies with its digital currency. What will a digital yuan entail…

Asia and the Pacific

29 Dec 2020

This study outlines a computational framework to enhance the spatial granularity of government-published poverty estimates, citing data from the…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Hofer, Martin|Sako, Tomas|Martinez, Arturo Jr.|Addawe, Mildred|Bulan, Joseph Albert Niño|Durante, Ron Lester|Martillan, Marymell

This paper explores how global value chains (GVCs) can aid India’s development outcomes across primary, manufacturing, and services sectors, drawing…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mitra, Sabyasachi|Sen Gupta, Abhijit|Sanganeria, Atul

India

29 Dec 2020

This paper analyzes the magnitude of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and the quality of interventions in India’s urban areas and migrant populations.…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Gopinath, Ranjani|Bhatia, Rajesh|Khetrapal, Sonalini|Ra, Sungsup|Babu, Giridhara R.

India

29 Dec 2020

This study aims to build an efficient small-scale macroeconomic forecasting tool for Maldives using Bayesian vector autoregression estimations to…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Baluga, Anthony|Nakane, Masato

Maldives

29 Dec 2020

This report proposes a new independent regulatory body for Indonesia’s electricity sector, in particular for investment planning, procurement, tariff…

Indonesia

29 Dec 2020