ADB Publications—October 2024 | 28 Titles

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

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Climate Report provides an overview of the region’s evolving climate landscape, up-to-date public perceptions, and key areas for policy responses. It finds that the impacts of climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070 under a high-end greenhouse gas emissions scenario, rising to 41% by 2100. Rising sea levels and falling labor productivity would cause the greatest losses.

Designing Competition Policy for Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific

This book analyzes competition policy in Asia and the Pacific through the lens of how it can support and promote economic development in the region. It looks at how laws and practices can be harmonized with industrial strategies to foster a holistic approach to economic development.

Harnessing Development Financing for Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

This copublication of ADB and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reports that disasters have resulted in more than 177 million displacements in Asia and the Pacific over the past 10 years. The report outlines ways multilateral development banks can mobilize finance and help countries reduce disaster displacement as climate change continues to affect the region.

Gender Equality and Water Security: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Strategies to Accelerate Progress

This report explains why women in Asia and the Pacific are more likely to suffer water insecurity, shows how it impacts their lives, and sets out ways to infuse gender into water management, policies, and governance to ensure water security for all.

Handbook on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

As Asia’s building sector booms, this handbook provides practical tools and guidance to design, evaluate, and finance energy-efficient building projects to help make the sector greener and more resilient. It explains how energy-efficient construction can help reduce costs, lower emissions, and improve affordability.

Digital Transformation of Multilevel Tax Policies and Administration for Resilience and Sustainable Growth

Increasing numbers of developing and emerging-market countries face fiscal or debt sustainability pressures following successive shocks affecting public finances. This report shows how digital transformation involving tax and fiscal policy rationalization, as well as new institutional arrangements, can help achieve sustainable outcomes.

A Review of Digital Creative Industries in Asia: Opportunities and Policies to Foster Growth and Create High-Quality Jobs

This report shows that Asia’s creative industries are benefiting from rapid digitalization and need countries to plug skills gaps, boost access to financing, and step up data infrastructure to ensure they can create jobs and support socioeconomic growth. The report looks at ways countries can use incentives, supportive regulation, and better funding options to foster their creative industries and become attractive offshoring destinations.

MORE PUBLICATIONS

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT

• Decarbonizing Value Chains in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Economies
• Innovative Financing for Ecological Protection and Restoration in the People’s Republic of China
• Integrated Approach for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Management

ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND TRADE

• Environmental, Social, and Governance Materiality in XBRL Disclosures and Its Performance Predictability: Evidence from Japan
• Impact of Climate Risk on Fiscal Space: Do Political Stability and Financial Development Matter?
• Fostering Inclusive Trade: Leveraging Free Trade Agreements to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Asia and the Pacific
• Kazakhstan’s Resource Economy: Diversification Through Global Value Chains
• Measuring Port Activities and Lockdown Impact Using Automatic Identification System Data
• Public–Private Partnership Monitor: Georgia

ENERGY

• Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of the Malalison Island Solar Photovoltaic Hybrid Project in the Philippines

HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Pensions in Aging Asia and the Pacific: Policy Insights and Priorities
• Well-Being of Older People in East Asia: The People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea

ADB OPERATIONS

• 2023 Annual Procurement Report
• ADB and Sri Lanka: Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 1: Overview
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 2: Transport
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 3: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 4: Irrigated Agriculture
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 5: Social Infrastructure
• Build Back Better Sector Guides—Volume 6: Power
• Investigation and Enforcement Framework

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