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ADB Project to Help Boost Inclusive Tourism in Vietnam’s Secondary Towns
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $45 million loan to help Viet Nam transform secondary towns into more economically inclusive, competitive tourism...
ADB Report Shares Best Practices in Chinese Cities to Combat Climate Change
Cities in developing Asia and the Pacific are growing fast, but this surge in urbanization has led to increasing pollution and environmental concerns, threatening...
Regional Cooperation Can Help Asia Tackle Rising Cross-Border Challenges
Regional cooperation is increasingly necessary to tackle a rising number of cross-border challenges in Asia and the Pacific, including infrastructure gaps, trade connectivity, financial...
How to finance Asia’s infrastructure gap
Asia’s countries famously need to invest trillions of dollars a year to provide infrastructure required to keep traffic flowing, ports trading, and factories humming....
Asia Needs a Region-Wide Approach to Harness Fintech’s Full Potential
Asia’s policy makers should strengthen cooperation to harness the potential of new financial technologies for inclusive growth. At the same time, they should work...
Reforms Can Accelerate Economic Diversification in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s future growth depends on reforms that provide a level playing field for the private sector and support economic diversification, according to a new...
ADB-Funded High-Tech, Low Emission Buses Rolled Out in Kathmandu
A fleet of 17 new high-tech, low-emission buses to help reduce congestion and pollution in the capital city of Kathmandu has been rolled out...
Asian Growth Steady Despite Rising Trade Tensions
Growth in Asia and the Pacific’s developing economies for 2018 and 2019 will remain solid as growth continues apace across the region, despite rising...
High Technologies, Policies Will Help Unlock Great Economic Potential of E-Commerce
E-commerce is enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Asia and the Pacific to reach global markets and compete on an international scale, creating...
Entrepreneurship is Key to Empowering Women in Asia-Pacific
Despite the progress made over the last two decades in empowering women in Asia and the Pacific, there remain huge gender gaps, particularly in...