This brief explains the critical role small firms play in Southeast Asia's economy and what measures are needed to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Intellectual Property Rights: Key to Sustainability in Indonesia
IP rights is essential to enable innovation and diffusion of sustainable technologies, improve collaboration, and foster prosperity in developing countries.
Tired of Monotony and Hungry for Career Change, Tech Newbie Learns to Code
Thanks to a 2-day tech bootcamp, former supply chain industry worker musters courage to find job in the tech industry.
8 Artists Spearheading Southeast Asian Representation in the Digital Realm
These artists are not merely providing a platform for underrepresented groups, but are also spotlighting ethnic cultures and the socioeconomic divide in their art.
Inclusive Growth and Responsible Innovation for Southeast Asia
The region needs to leverage the promise of digital technologies for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive growth, says Ming Tan, founding executive director of think tank Tech for Good Institute.
Why COP27 Matters to Southeast Asia
Being among the world’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Southeast Asia risks seeing millions thrown back into extreme poverty due to extreme weather.
Mastercard and Grab Launch 'Small Business, Big Dreams' Program to Boost Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia
The initiative aims to digitally upskill gig economy workers and small businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam.
Addressing the Digital Divide in ASEAN
To accelerate ASEAN's digital transition, the region needs to raise the quality of its universities and higher education institutions and be more inclusive.
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This report highlights some of the strategies, opportunities, and challenges facing the tech industry in the wake of the pandemic.
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IP rights is essential to enable innovation and diffusion of sustainable technologies, improve collaboration, and foster prosperity in developing countries.
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This publication highlights evidence-based approaches for advancing decarbonization across sectors.
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Thanks to a 2-day tech bootcamp, former supply chain industry worker musters courage to find job in the tech industry.
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This publication explores how Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines can bolster cooperation in their special economic zones to spur sustainable growth.
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These artists are not merely providing a platform for underrepresented groups, but are also spotlighting ethnic cultures and the socioeconomic divide in their art.
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Southeast Asia needs to leverage the promise of digital technologies for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive growth.
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New report from Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company examines prospects of Southeast Asia's digital economy from the latest digital adoption trends, to sector growth insights and opportunities for the digital decade ahead.
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Being among the world’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Southeast Asia risks seeing millions thrown back into extreme poverty due to extreme weather.
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The assistance will support Viet Nam’s efforts to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and expand high-tech manufacturing industries.
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Energy demand in Southeast Asia is projected to triple by 2050 in the absence of new policies to accelerate clean energy transition.
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The new operating model will help ADB deliver on the ambitious development goals of its corporate strategy, Strategy 2030.
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The initiative aims to digitally upskill gig economy workers and small businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam.
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Save the Children, with partner Nepal FM Network, debunks misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines through a radio show that airs music, which inspires behavior change.
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This report examines how employers in Asia and the Pacific now want new hires to have higher digital skills, like digital design, data analytics, data science, machine learning, and programming.
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This report illustrates how financial technology or fintech can be leveraged to improve health systems and health outcomes.
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Using fintech can help ease the financial and health burden of individuals and help improve health systems and outcomes, says a new ADB report.
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Since its launch in 2020, SEADS has organized three symposia and 10 webinars, while expanding its reach across social media and among users.
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Amid rising cybersecurity attacks, the Philippines needs to have an integrated reporting system that would capture, aggregate, and analyze local challenges end users are facing.
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Raising awareness on the benefits of vaccination, funding immunization programs, and addressing infrastructure and resources gaps on vaccine roll-out urgently needed.
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To accelerate ASEAN's digital transition, the region needs to raise the quality of its universities and higher education institutions and be more inclusive.
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Around 75% of employers in four countries note a rise in demand for new hires with digital skills over the last 5 years.
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This book details the development blueprint ERIA has developed for the region.
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Private and public sector leaders from across the Greater Mekong Subregion will assess how to rebuild tourism resilience.
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The islands need to determine their capacity limits for tourism to reduce pressure on marine ecosystems.
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The assistance expands ADB’s support for food security in the region, where nearly 1.1 billion people lack healthy diets due to poverty and high food prices.
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Interconnecting power grids in the region is a key strategy in strengthening energy security and transitioning to renewables through efficient resource sharing.
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Robust domestic demand in Indonesia and the Philippines contribute to an improved outlook for this year, according to the Asian Development Bank.
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The launch of an app offering citizens the convenience of reporting any issue to just a single point of contact in government marked the start of Singapore's journey toward being more citizen-centric.
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Collaborations with Makassar in Indonesia, Penang in Malaysia, Tbilisi in Georgia, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia are underway.
Pursuing policy actions—from plate to planet—can help boost food and nutrition security while strengthening the sustainability of agrifood systems in the region.
Beyond its great potential to transform the world of business, the metaverse also stands to revolutionize education, healthcare, communication, art and culture, among other fields.
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ASEAN Policy Network
Amid increasing demand for knowledge from developing member countries (DMCs) in Southeast Asia, ADB's ASEAN Policy Network facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration within and between its operational and central knowledge departments and seeks to build relationships with academes, think tanks, research institutions, and other partners.
Southeast Asia Sustainable Tourism Hub
With Southeast Asia’s tourism industry still reeling from the impact of COVID-19, ADB is increasing its support for investments, capacity development, and knowledge to accelerate an inclusive and sustainable recovery.
Publications
This report examines the ecosystem of support for tech startups in Thailand, the challenges facing these enterprises, and the policy actions to help them grow.
This report analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and includes forecasts on the inflation and gross domestic product growth rates of countries throughout the region.
This annual flagship report from ADB provides key economic, financial, social, and environmental data as well as select indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Webinar Recordings
This webinar examined how green growth opportunities can be harnessed as governments increasingly recognize the need for policy measures that focus on environmental sustainability, climate change, and disaster preparedness
This webinar from ADB examined how to build a conducive business environment that can help SMEs in Southeast Asia recover from the pandemic.
This webinar explored factors that threaten food security in Southeast Asia and how various stakeholders can support the agriculture food system in the region.
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What is SEADS?
The Southeast Asia Development Solutions—SEADS—is a knowledge and innovation platform under the Asian Development Bank. In tandem with its partner program, the Southeast Asia Development Symposium, SEADS aims to help crystallize thinking on relevant and critical issues in the region, and support countries in becoming prosperous, knowledge-based, and sustainable.
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INNOVATIONS
Discover the latest cutting-edge breakthroughs that can help countries tackle pressing challenges.
SOLUTIONS
Hear from leading minds and trailblazers from industry, technology, the public sector, and academia.
CONNECTIONS
Interact with problem-solvers and next-generation thinkers from Southeast Asia and beyond.
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