Finance

Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Priorities for Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital technology adoption in the financial sector and impacted the role of financial technology firms in supporting households and businesses.

Tags: Finance, COVID-19, Information and communications technology

Breaking the Waves: Kickstarting the Global Sustainable Blue Economy in Southeast Asia

Advancing a sustainable blue economy entails developing a globally recognized taxonomy, attracting much-needed private capital into blue projects, and generating a healthy project pipeline.

Tags: Environment, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Tourism, Philippines, Indonesia, GFH News

Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilization in Southeast Asia

This report examines why Southeast Asian countries need to consider fresh taxation policies after many struggled to finance massive public expenditure programs to combat COVID-19.

Tags: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Finance, Governance and public sector management

$134 Million UK Fund to Help Catalyze Green Financing in Southeast Asia

The fund will leverage UK and ADB funds to accelerate a pipeline of low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects and catalyze financing from public and private capital sources.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Finance, ASEAN

ADB Financing Partners Mobilized $1.1 Billion for Southeast Asian Countries in 2021

The funding supported developing member countries' COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery interventions, says ADB's Partnership Report 2021.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Finance, Health, COVID-19, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Transportation, Private sector development, Sustainable Development Goals, Gender and development

$3-Million Asia Seed Fund Unveiled to Fight Climate Change, Drive Sustainability

Set up by AVPN, with support from Google,org and ADB, the seed fund will finance innovative tech-driven solutions championed by nonprofit organizations in Asia Pacific.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals, Finance

Partnership Report 2021: Partnerships for a Green, Inclusive, and Resilient Recovery

This report highlights the work of ADB and its partners in cofinancing development work in 2021, balancing the need to address short-term COVID-19 response with ensuring longer-term pandemic recovery.

Tags: Finance, COVID-19, Health