ADB Publications—November 2024 | 39 Titles

Welcome to the ADB Publications monthly newsletter. Browse below to see our latest publications on a wide range of development topics.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Climate Change and Education Playbook: Investing in Education and Skills for Climate Resilience in Asia and the Pacific

This publication explores how climate change impacts education systems in Asia and the Pacific. It underscores the need for investing in climate-resilient school facilities and integrating climate action in basic, secondary, vocational, and higher education.

Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2024: Designing an MSME Ecosystem for Resilient Growth in Asia and the Pacific

The Monitor provides data and analysis as a resource for evidence-based policy design on the development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). This year’s edition reviews MSMEs in 24 economies across Asia and the Pacific and provides policy recommendations for designing an MSME ecosystem that promotes resilient growth.

Toward a Low-Carbon and Just Energy Transition in Developing Asia

This book explores the large-scale benefits of decarbonizing coal-fired power plants. It examines opportunities for reducing direct carbon emissions, such as measures on retiring existing coal-fired power plants and halting the construction of new ones.

Asia Bond Monitor—November 2024

This edition reviews recent financial conditions and bond market developments in emerging East Asia, provides updates on policies and regulations, and discusses how digital green bonds can help scale up sustainable finance and mitigate greenwashing risks.

Climate-Resilient Fiscal Management: Experience from Southeast Asia

This report considers how finance and planning ministries can respond strategically to climate risk, highlighting best practices from Southeast Asia. It presents a framework for embedding climate risks in fiscal planning frameworks, strategically managing climate-related fiscal risks, and mobilizing public and private capital for climate investment.

Strengthening Local Government Engagement in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A Strategic Approach

This report outlines a strategy designed to boost local government participation in the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation program. It provides practical recommendations to help drive a more sustainable future.

Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Marine Litter Management in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam: Policy Analysis and Opportunities

With Southeast Asia being a major source of marine plastic pollution, this brief compares plans by Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam to tackle marine litter, and explores how they can collaborate on a circular plastics economy.

MORE PUBLICATIONS

AGRICULTURE

• Strengthening Foundations for a Food- and Nutrition-Secure Future in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

CIVIL SOCIETY

• Civil Society Brief: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT

• Financing Plastic Circularity in Asia and the Pacific: How to Overcome Market and Policy Challenges and Create Impact
• Greening Thy Neighbor: How the United States Inflation Reduction Act Drives Climate Finance Globally
• National Climate Finance Vehicles: Best Practice Insights from International Case Studies

ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND TRADE

• Bridging the Divide: Exploring Gender Bonds for Equality in Asia and the Pacific
• Cambodia’s Economic Diversification: A Country Diagnostic Study
• Disaster Risk, Inequality, and Fiscal Sustainability
• External Shocks and Labor Market Reforms in Autocracies and Democracies: Evidence from Oil Price Windfalls
• Green Finance and Information Disclosure in the People’s Republic of China
• Mongolia Sustainable Development Goal Finance Taxonomy Pilot
• The Nexus of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from the People’s Republic of China
• Update of the Readiness Assessment for Cross-Border Paperless Trade: Bangladesh

EDUCATION

• Determinants of Student Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closure in Bhutan

ENERGY

• Energizing Gender Equality: A Roadmap to Inclusive Energy in Vanuatu
• Pakistan’s Low-Carbon Energy Outlook and Technology Road Map

HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Behavioral Adaptation to Improved Environmental Quality: Evidence from a Sanitation Intervention
• Innovations in Job Matching for Youth in Asia and the Pacific: A Review
• Preparing for Disease X: Lessons Learned from the Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Pacific
• A Transitions Approach to Youth Employment Support in Asia and the Pacific

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Assessing and Addressing Risks in Pacific Construction Supply Chains

TRANSPORT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Road Maintenance Financing and Cost Recovery Options: The Future of Road User Revenues in Developing Asia and the Pacific
• Transformative Effects of Rural Connectivity: Innovations and Institutional Strengthening in Five Indian States

ADB OPERATIONS

• Asian Development Bank–Japan Scholarship Program Annual Report 2023
• Auditing ADB’s Knowledge Management Program Against the ISO 30401:2018 for Knowledge Management Systems
• Environment Action Plan 2024–2030: Toward a Nature-Positive Asia and the Pacific
• Gender Equality and Climate Change Sectors Guide
• Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 2023
• The Kyrgyz Republic and ADB: 30 Years of Partnership (1994–2024)
• Responding to Rising Fragility in Asia and the Pacific: Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach 2023 Annual Report
• Satellite Earth Observation Assets and Solutions: Supporting Operations in Asia and the Pacific
• Strengthening Foundations for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Resilient Economy: An Overview of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Country Partnership Strategy 2024-2028

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