COVID-19 may be causing a significant economic downturn with a predicted slowdown until 2021, but the 5G adoption in…

This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Sri Lanka. This includes rapid onset and long-…

Increasing female labour force participation has been a challenge for the country. These challenges are even greater…

The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility Green Recovery Program (ACGF GRP) Environmental and Social Management…

The pandemic’s multiple effects are not fully understood in the region. There are still many unknowns, not least of…

We are continuing to seek our Shadow Board members’ views on whether the Official Cash Rate (OCR) should be negative…

The Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank was held virtually in two…

This is a special chapter of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) focusing on the impact of the…

Sri Lanka has a high proportion of workers (around 68% of the total employed) in informal employment. These informal…

Some commentators argue that China deliberately pursues the “debt trap diplomacy” to project undue political…