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ASEAN Policy Network

Amid increasing demand for knowledge from developing member countries (DMCs) in Southeast Asia, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 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.

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Supporting Knowledge Sharing

The ASEAN Policy Network is an initiative of ADB's Southeast Asia Department (SERD). The network consists of economists from SERD as well as staff from other ADB knowledge departments.

Members work together to produce knowledge products to help governments in the region come up with policies to support economic growth and address pressing development challenges.

The network also hosts and co-hosts webinars.

Our Webinars

Changing Workforce in the Post-COVID-19 World
This webinar examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging trends in Southeast Asia's labor markets, particularly for women and the youth.
ASEAN Economic Outlook: Building Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Recovery
This webinar discussed the implications of competing challenges on Southeast Asia's prospect for building a resilient and sustainable recovery.
Promoting a Knowledge- and Technology-Driven Southeast Asia
This webinar examined how big data can help governments deliver more effective and efficient services in healthcare, social welfare and protection, and education.
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Publications

Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3
Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3
​​​​​​​This report presents a practical toolkit of ways to merge public, private, institutional, and other forms of low-cost capital to deliver resilient, sustainable, and future-ready infrastructure in the ASEAN+3 region.
ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
This book reviews the challenges and opportunities facing GVCs in Southeast Asia as they build greater resilience and promote sustainable, green development for the region and its people.
Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilization in Southeast Asia
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.
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News

Narrowing the infrastructure financing gap will be critical for economies to meet their economic and social goals.
Innovative Financing Key to Private Sector Participation in ASEAN+3 Infrastructure Development—ADB Report
ASEAN economies need to invest $2.8 trillion in infrastructure through 2030 to sustain economic growth, reduce poverty, and respond to climate change.
A wind and solar farm in the Philippines. Photo credit: ADB
ASEAN Energy Outlook Calls for Accelerated Transition
Energy demand in Southeast Asia is projected to triple by 2050 in the absence of new policies to accelerate clean energy transition.
Faced with the climate crisis, Southeast Asia needs rapid and innovative solutions to help countries raise financing to deliver their climate targets and ambitions. Photo credit: ADB.
$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 climate-resilient infrastructure projects and catalyze public–private financing.
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Greening ASEAN and Global Value Chains

Southeast Asia has become one of the most important regional hubs for global value chains (GVCs)—the cross-border networks that separate production stages from concept to consumption. By participating in GVCs, most Southeast Asia economies have grown strongly and reduced poverty. GVCs have created a strong manufacturing and export base, more and better-quality jobs, and spread knowledge, innovation and technology. However, their social and environmental impact can also lead to inequality and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

A new report from the Asian Development Bank examines recent developments affecting GVC participation—particularly in ASEAN—and explores how the region could respond to challenges and opportunities facing GVCs to make them more resilient and sustainable.

Publication: ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
News Release: ASEAN Must Act to Strengthen Position in Global Value Chains