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
- Better care, stronger laws needed to save 30 million babies on the brink of deathUnited Nations12 Dec 2018
- Failing to agree climate action would 'not only be immoral' but 'suicidal', UN chief tells COP24United Nations12 Dec 2018
- UN pushes for universal health care on International DayUnited Nations12 Dec 2018
Opinions and Editorials
- Protecting 'climate induced migrants' of BangladeshThe Daily Star - Bangladesh27 Nov 2018
- Uzbekistan-India partnership is an important factor for regional stability: [Ambassador on Special Assignments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] Ilkhomjon NematovThe Economic Times25 Sep 2018
- [People's Rep. of] China, Dominican Republic cooperation opens new chapter, says Chinese ambassadorXinhua News Agency24 Sep 2018
Studies and Research
- The Effect of Emigration on Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Central Asia and South CaucasusPaul SaumikAsian Development Bank Institute15 Mar 2018
- The Impact of Primary School Investment Reallocation on Educational Attainment in Rural Areas of the People's Republic of ChinaT. Haepp and L. LyuAsian Development Bank Institute1 Mar 2018
- Natural Disasters, Public Spending, and Creative Destruction: A Case Study of the PhilippinesS. Jha, et al.Asian Development Bank Institute1 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?
