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Climate-Resilient Fiscal Management: Experience from Southeast Asia
Publication
25 November 2024

Climate-Resilient Fiscal Management: Experience from Southeast Asia

This report considers how finance ministries can respond strategically to climate risk, highlighting good practices from the region.
Podcast
30 May 2024

Experts Talk Solutions: Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee, director of digital policy for Asia–Pacific and Japan, and ASEAN at Amazon Web Services, talks about DEFA and its potential to double the size of the region's digital economy.
Smart Tourism Ecosystem Development Readiness in Southeast Asia
Publication
2 May 2024

Smart Tourism Ecosystem Development Readiness in Southeast Asia

This brief tracks how Southeast Asian countries are using smart technologies to make their tourism sectors more competitive, inclusive, and sustainable.
The criteria for the transportation and storage sector were aligned where appropriate with relevant sectoral guidelines and regulations, such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2023 GHG Emissions strategy. Photo credit: ADB.
News
17 April 2024

ASEAN Taxonomy Defines Sustainable Activities in Transport, Construction Sectors

Southeast Asia advanced efforts to guide capital and funding toward sustainable activities in carbon-intensive sectors.
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated the central Philippines in November 2013. Warming oceans have affected the intensity of tropical storms. Photo credit: ADB.
News
4 April 2024

ASEAN Finance Ministers Take On Pivotal Role in Climate Action

The planned ASEAN Climate Finance Policy Platform will enable knowledge exchange, generate evidence and build capacity, and develop policy frameworks.
Climate-related disasters, such as severe typhoons and floods, depress tax revenues and require governments to spend public resources on immediate-term emergency response and reconstruction costs. Photo credit: ADB.
News
3 April 2024

ADB Readies ASEAN Climate Finance Policy Platform

The role of finance ministries is becoming increasingly pivotal in addressing climate-related fiscal risks and mobilizing climate finance.
Reuse of Electric Vehicle Batteries in ASEAN
Publication
28 March 2024

Reuse of Electric Vehicle Batteries in ASEAN

As e-vehicle adoption grows, policymakers must anticipate and establish systems for recycling batteries.
Economic growth in Southeast Asia continues to be constrained by weakened global demand. Photo credit: ADB.
News
3 January 2024

Southeast Asia’s Growth Slows on Weak External Demand

Low demand for manufacturing exports affected particularly the more open, bigger, and trade-oriented economies.
Renewable Energy Investments and Feed-in Tariffs: Firm-Level Evidence from Southeast Asia
Publication
27 December 2023

Renewable Energy Investments and Feed-in Tariffs: Firm-Level Evidence from Southeast Asia

This study examines the impact of feed-in tariffs on promoting investments in renewable energy in Southeast Asia.
Commuters using their mobile phones on the Skytrain in Bangkok. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
19 December 2023

Why ASEAN's Digital Economy Framework Agreement Could Make the Region the New Digital Powerhouse

The agreement could double the size of ASEAN's digital economy by 2030 and help MSMEs and startups in the region embrace digital transformation.
Attracting Global Talents: Bringing Digital Nomads and the Highly Skilled into ASEAN
Publication
18 December 2023

Attracting Global Talents: Bringing Digital Nomads and the Highly Skilled into ASEAN

This brief explores approaches taken by ASEAN countries to attract and retain global talent and digital nomads.
Blue SEA Finance Hub
Publication
4 December 2023

Blue SEA Finance Hub

This flyer explains how ADB's Blue SEA Finance Hub aims to build a $300-million pipeline of bankable projects by 2024 to help ASEAN improve the sustainability of the region’s oceans ecosystems.
Alternative Accommodations in Southeast Asia
Publication
23 November 2023

Alternative Accommodations in Southeast Asia

This brief examines the state of alternative accommodations in Southeast Asia and presents policy recommendations to strengthen their regulation and management.
The Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project imports up to 100 megawatts (MW) of renewable hydropower from Lao PDR to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia using existing interconnections. Photo credit: ADB.
News
7 November 2023

Energy Ministers Push for Expansion of ASEAN Power Grid and Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline

The planned Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines Power Integration may be the next multilateral power trading project.
Podcast
26 October 2023

Experts Talk Solutions: Sean Kidney

Sean Kidney, CEO and cofounder of Climate Bonds Initiative, talks about how Southeast Asian countries can mobilize private funds to meet net-zero goals.