Infrastructure is crucial for fostering countries’ economic development and prosperity.

This study examines the impact of bond markets on both bank profit and cost efficiency. By employing the stochastic frontier approach…

To explore the determinants of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending expansion, this study examines factors that impact P2P lending using a sample…

The growth of Chinese investments into India since 2014 has changed the nature of what has been a largely transactional trade…

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options…

As we seek to increase impact investing activity, it is likely that further progress will be constituted by scaling existing activity as…

The countercyclical pattern of saving in Thailand in the 1990s and 2000s challenged the prediction of permanent income theory and raised…

This paper aims to examine the effect of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on sovereign funding costs, with a focus…

As the world’s second and third largest economies, both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Japan are facing the challenge of…

Globally, 1.7 billion adults still lack access to formal financial services, with a large percentage living in South Asia and Sub-…