Spotlight Archives
- Highlights of the International Conference on Financial Cycles, Systemic Risk, Interconnectedness, and Policy Options for Resilience12 December 2016This text shows exactly just how long you can go on this blurb because of this spotlight's extremely lengthy title.
- Asian Economic Integration Report 2016December 2016The Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) 2016 is ADB's annual report on Asia’s regional economic cooperation and integration, covering 48 regional members of the ADB and analyzing their regional as well as global economic linkages. This issue includes Special Theme: What Drives Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific? Read highlights and news release. Download report here.
- Infographics: Foreign Direct Investments and Trade Trends in Asia and the Pacific6 December 2016Asia and the Pacific continues to be the world's top destination for foreign direct investments, which in 2015 reached $527 billion or nearly 30 per cent of the world's total. However, in the same year trade growth in the region decelerated to 2.3 per cent, below the 2.7 per cent growth in global trade. Read AEIR 2016 here.
- AEIR 2016: ADB Deputy Chief Economist Juzhong Zhuang interview with Channel News Asia6 December 2016ADB Deputy Chief Economist Juzhong Zhung in an interview with Channel News Asia talks about strong intraregional trade, role of global value chain-trade, and the importance of institutional quality in attracting FDI.
- AEIR 2016: ADB Research Cooperation and Integration Division Director Cyn-Young Park interview with BBC News6 December 2016ADB Research Cooperation and Integration Division Director Cyn-Young Park in an interview with BBC News talks about anemic global economic recovery, trade slowdown, and rising protectionism.
- Pacific Economic Monitor December 2016December 2016This issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses current and critical policy issues confronting ADB's Pacific developing member countries. The theme of the policy briefs in this issue is niche market development.
- AEIR 2016 LaunchDecember 2016The Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) is an annual review of Asia's regional economic cooperation and integration. This issue includes Special Theme: What Drives Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific? AEIR will be launched on 6 December 2016 at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.
- Highlights of the International Conference on Financial Cycles, Systemic Risk, Interconnectedness, and Policy Options for ResilienceDecember 2016The conference held on 8–9 September 2016 strengthened understanding of how systemic risks build up and spread across different financial networks.
- What did we learn from the US election on globalization, trade?15 November 2016ADB Principal Economist Jong Woo Kang shares his views on the outcome of the US presidential election and considers where the underlying changes in the popular mindset is heading on issues such as globalization, inequality and international trade.
- How to fill the Working-age Population Gap in Asia: a Population Accounting ApproachNovember 2016This paper discusses the demographic shift framing Asia's future population structure and examines how policies such as extending the retirement age, augmenting labor migration, and improving fertility rates could be effective in coping with this challenge.
