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<p>Asia and the Pacific is a large and extremely diverse region, and home to 60% of the world’s population (United Nations Department of Economic…

This paper shows that housing idiosyncratic risk is time-varying, depends negatively on the house price, varies across locations, and decreases with…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Cheung, Lydia|Galimberti, Jaqueson K.|Vermeulen, Philip

Other

30 May 2025

Discover how digital innovation is transforming water security in Asia and the Pacific. The second edition of Digitalizing H2O spotlights bold…

Other

28 May 2025

<p>Abstract: This working paper aims to discuss a proposal to consolidate more than 2,400 fees and taxes imposed by multiple government entities…

This report analyzes gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in Maldives’ tourism, energy, and urban development sectors and shows how steps…

Maldives

27 May 2025

Without success in the social and environmental spheres, social fragmentation and environmental disruption are likely to occur.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Ortega, Fernanda|Snower, Dennis J.

Japan

23 May 2025

The water supply in Hyderabad has not kept pace with the demand for water, and the region's scarce water resources are exacerbating the problem.…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Sakakibara, Takashi |Kumar, Mamidi Anil|Mekala, Snehalatha|Hashimoto, Kazushi|Vedala, Srinivas Chary

India

22 May 2025

A visiting fellows program report titled “Scaling Up Decarbonization in Central Asia: Improving the Environmental, Social, and Governance…

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CAREC Institute

Roman Vakulchuk

This paper analyzes the impact on Asia and the Pacific of tourism from the People’s Republic of China and suggests that economies in the region…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Narayanan, Badri|Domingo, Ma. Veronica|Basu-Das, Sanchita

The Visiting Fellows Program Report titled “Drivers of Kazakhstan’s and Kyrgyz Republic’s Cross-Border Trade with China: The Voices of…

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CAREC Institute

Zalina Enikeeva

Afghanistan

21 May 2025

<p>The accelerating impacts of climate change, including escalating urban temperatures and the heightened occurrence of extreme weather events,…