Asia Regional Integration Center
Tracking Asian Integration
Regional Public Goods
Regional cooperation and integration is a process by which national economies become more interconnected. Closer integration can result in positive benefits, such as coordinated disaster response, or negative externalities, such as the spread of communicable diseases. The Asia Regional Integration Center (ARIC) monitors developments in these Regional Public Goods, which also include:
- Climate change
- Clean energy and environmental protection
- Anti-corruption and good governance
- Human and drug trafficking
- Anti-money laundering
Initiatives
more- ADB and Human Trafficking in Asia
- ADB Asia Solar Energy Initiative
- ADB Avian Flu and Emerging Diseases
- ADB Clean Energy Program
- ADB Climate Change Program
- ADB Cooperation Fund for Fighting HIV/AIDS
- ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific
- ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM-Plus)
- ASEAN Safe School Initiative Phase II
News
- Chinese, Vietnamese officials promise to boost relationsXinhua News Agency15 Jan 2020
- [People's Republic of] China calls for cooperation, mutual understanding at Asia Pacific Parliamentary ForumXinhua News Agency15 Jan 2020
- ADB History Book explains Asia's five decades of economic successAsian Development Bank15 Jan 2020
Opinions and Editorials
- Areas for improvement in ASEAN multilateralismThe ASEAN Post8 Mar 2020
- Bulgaria and Viet Nam mark 70 years of close co-operationVietnam News3 Mar 2020
- Pakistan - Afghanistan - Turkey Trilateral Summits and its implication for the regionModern Diplomacy24 Feb 2020
Studies and Research
- Air Quality in Asia Status and Trends 2018Clean Air AsiaClean Air Asia1 Apr 2019
- Building Development Capacities in Asia and the Pacific: Good Practices and Ways Forward for ADBI's Capacity Building ProgramsC. Kim, E. Sioson, A. Kainth, and N. JeonAsian Development Bank1 Mar 2019
- The Effect of Emigration on Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Central Asia and South CaucasusPaul SaumikAsian Development Bank Institute15 Mar 2018
Links
more- ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific
- ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
- ASEAN Non-Communicable Diseases Network
- ASEAN University Network (AUN)
- Asia Clean Energy Forum
- Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum
- Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
- Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network
Featured Publications
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific
The Era of Financial Interconnectedness: How Can Asia Strengthen Financial Resilience?
