After over 15 years of government decentralization in Indonesia, institutions allowing provincial and subprovincial governments to implement newly acquired responsibilities have yet to be built.

It provides a primer on the importance of land value capture in urban planning and growth and identifies challenges to its use in Southeast Asian megacities like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Manila. The ...

The JSS, a modular supplement to national labor force surveys, generates new policy-relevant indicators on job tasks, skills use, and workplace digitalization. The report highlights differences across ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), with support from the Government of Japan through the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific, is implementing the Water Resources Management in ...

This working paper highlights the role of agroforestry in building climate resilience by restoring degraded landscapes and creating multifunctional and sustainable systems that connect nature, ...

The brief details the hurdles India overcame to launch its UPI real-time payment system, highlights the government’s role, and explains how digital payments can improve efficiency and reduce gender ...

This edition finds that economic growth in Asia and the Pacific will slow slightly as a new global trade environment emerges. The region’s outlook will be shaped by offsetting factors. Higher US ...

View the Asia SME Monitor 2022 Data The development of MSMEs remains key to promoting inclusive growth in developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise ...

This paper highlights how the People’s Republic of China and development partners have been tackling air pollution in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region through a comprehensive, programmatic and ...

Satellite image-derived vehicle counts were used to measure local economic activity following the opening of the new terminal at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines. Results ...

E-commerce revolution in Asia and Pacific presents vast economic potential. Asia is the fastest-growing region in the global e-commerce marketplace, with the largest share of the world’s ...

The Asia and the Pacific Food Systems Transformation Forum 2026 will be held from 16–19 March 2026 in Manila, Philippines to advance ADB’s $40 billion Food Systems Transformation commitment and bring ...