Spotlight Archives
- Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy ImplicationsJune 2020This brief examines the global shortage of the personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to tackle COVID-19 and suggests policy implications. Watch the Asian Impact live webinar held 4 June 2020.
- The Impact of Nonperforming Loans on Cross-Border Bank Lending: Implications for Emerging Market EconomiesJune 2020This brief suggests how policy makers can tackle the likely rise in nonperforming loans (NPLs) as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to prevent a debt crisis.
- Updated Assessment of the Potential Economic Impact of COVID-19May 2020This brief presents new projections on the economic impact of COVID-19 and highlights policy implications. The online appendix provides additional information.
- Ethical investing will reign after COVID-19. Here’s how companies can prepareMay 2020Jong Woo Kang discusses how ethical, social and governance (ESG) investing is set to gain more traction in light of the current business environment challenged by the global pandemic. His blog also shares how ESG funds can play a key role in the recovery of Asia and the Pacific from COVID-19.
- Let’s support the supply lines that keep health workers safe from COVID-19April 2020Cyn-Young Park and Kijin Kim discuss the challenges in the personal protective equipment supply chain as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
- Call for papers: Bridging Investment Gaps Through FinTech20 March 2020ADB's Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, the Institute of Global Finance–University of New South Wales (IGF-UNSW), the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) and the National University of Singapore Business School (NUS Business School) are organizing an international conference on “Bridging Investment Gaps Through Fintech” (pre-conference) to be held in Singapore in September 2020... read more
- Updated ARIC FTA Database24 February 2020Asia’s push for greater trade liberalization shows no sign of slowing down with six FTAs coming into force recently. Five of these trade deals involve non-Asian partners, reflecting the region’s effort to diversify its export markets in the face of growing uncertainties in the trade environment.
- Remittances to Asia in 2018: Sources and Costs10 February 2020Remittance receipts to Asia benefit millions of families and assist economies in achieving the SDGs. Read the blog to learn about the sources and recipients of remittance inflows, the persistently high cost of sending them, and the role of regional cooperation and integration.
- Fostering Regional Cooperation and Integration, 2019-20246 February 2020Strategy 2030 recognizes regional cooperation and integration (RCI) as a strategic operational priority. Read ADB’s RCI Operational Plan for 2019-2024.
- Call for Papers—New Approaches to Measuring and Assessing Regional Cooperation and Integration: Implications for Asia and the PacificJanuary 2020ADB’s Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department and the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute are organizing a joint international conference to be held in Kazakhstan in June 2020 (tbc). Read more.
