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This paper examines the impact of monetary policy shocks on firm-level productivity across 32 emerging market economies from 2000 to…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Renzhi, Nuobu|Beirne, John

Other

18 Jul 2025

UNU-IAS Policy Brief No. 52 — Promoting Water Valuation for Urban Sustainable Development in Asia

This policy brief provides guidance for policymakers to incorporate urban water valuation, to alleviate pressure on water resources and…

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United Nations University (UNU)

Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Martiwi Diah Setiawati, Yasushi Katsuma, Kensuke Fukushi, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Daniel Karthe, Pankaj Kumar, Made Sudarma, Geetha Mohan, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Serena Caucci, Kazuhiko Takemoto, Jian Pu, Saroj Chapagain, Akio Takemoto

This paper explores why raising tax rates may not yield intended results unless certain conditions are met. It investigates these…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Kang, Jong Woo|Tolin, Lovely C.

The sovereign debt situation has deteriorated in many countries in the Asia and Pacific region.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Volz, Ulrich|Akhtar, Shamshad|Dryden, Alex

Bangladesh

09 Jul 2025

Analyzing ways to tax informal and hard-to-tax sectors, this publication shows how developing economies in Asia and the Pacific can…

India

08 Jul 2025

In an increasingly interconnected global economy, Southeast and East Asian nations must prepare for the next financial crisis.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Kijkasiwat, Ploypailin|Yang, Long

Bangladesh

08 Jul 2025

Indonesia needs integrated reforms to diversify its economy, close social and regional gaps, and accelerate its green transition to…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Correia, James|Akbar, Riznaldi|Ho, Rachel

Indonesia

07 Jul 2025

<p>The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were intended to…

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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Nobue Amanuma, Shinji Onoda, Yatsuka Kataoka, Miki Fukuda, Simon Olsen, Mustafa Moinuddin, Fernando Ortiz-Moya, Eric Zusman, Junichi Fujino

Learn how Asia’s developing economies are striving to make growth more inclusive through structural transformation, better policies, and…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Hill, Hal, Suryadarma, Daniel

Bangladesh

27 Jun 2025