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The loan also seeks to enhance public services and finance for the sector, and social protection for rural families affected by the program’s reforms. Photo credit: ADB.
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23 February 2023

$500 Million ADB Loan to Support Philippine Agriculture Sector Reforms

The loan will support the Philippines’ efforts to attain food security by building a competitive and inclusive agriculture sector.
Climate philanthropy is nascent yet growing in Asia, and there are promising signs of innovative approaches, particularly among next-generation wealth holders. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
21 February 2023

Asia's Green Transition Will Require More Climate Finance

Philanthropic organizations are taking an increasingly structured approach to address climate change.
Annual cash waqf donations are estimated at around $12 billion, while total land waqf assets are valued at $134 billion, making a compelling case to use these funds to fight climate change. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
21 February 2023

What Is Waqf and How Can It Help Finance Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition?

Home to the world’s largest Muslim population, Indonesia urged to study the use of Islamic charitable endowments to finance its clean energy transition.
Businesses can reach more customers and improve their services with the help of digital technology. Photo credit: ADB.
News
21 February 2023

Helping Tourism MSMEs Take the Digital Path to Recovery and Resilience

ADB and Thailand organize training to help tourism MSMEs adopt digital technologies to analyze consumer data, market services, and boost profitability.
Igniting SDG Progress Through Digital Financial Inclusion
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20 February 2023

Igniting SDG Progress Through Digital Financial Inclusion

This publication features extensive evidence-based examples for 13 SDGs relevant to the wide benefits of inclusive digital financial services.
Reframing of Global Strategies and Regional Cooperation Pathways for an Inclusive Net-Zero Strategy in the Energy Transition Framework
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20 February 2023

Reframing of Global Strategies and Regional Cooperation Pathways for an Inclusive Net-Zero Strategy in the Energy Transition Framework

This brief from ERIA assesses energy transition challenges for ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and proposes new policy pathways toward an inclusive net-zero economy.
Although cities provide fertile ground for investment in nature-based solutions, very little blended finance is currently being directed to urban projects in emerging markets. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
20 February 2023

How Do We Get Emerging Economies to Invest More in Large-Scale Nature-Based Solutions?

Nature-based solutions that protect ecosystems such as forests and oceans are widely accepted as the way forward to address the climate emergency.
ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2022: Building Southeast Asia’s Green Project Pipelines
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17 February 2023

ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2022: Building Southeast Asia’s Green Project Pipelines

This report from ADB presents progress and achievements made by the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility in 2022.
A student and his professor calibrate settings of a frisbee-shooting robot at the Batam State Polytechnic in Indonesia. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
17 February 2023

Understanding Data and AI Regulations in Southeast Asia

While Southeast Asia should leverage on data and artificial intelligence, governments should set up safeguards to ensure these technologies promote human dignity. 
Venture-capital investments in ASEAN remain primarily concentrated in Singapore, ASEAN’s leading innovation hub, and Indonesia, ASEAN’s biggest market. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
15 February 2023

Southeast Asia’s Tech Industry Goes from a Gallop to a Canter

With investments in ASEAN startups showing signs of weakness, policies are needed to support innovation ecosystems across the region.
Biomass gasification is a technology that burns wastes into oxygen to produce heat-generating green fuel. Photos courtesy of Do Manh Cuong/Oxfam in Viet Nam.
Article
13 February 2023

Green Technology as Driving Force for Agriculture in Viet Nam

EU project promoting clean fuel from agricultural wastes helps small business owners boost earnings, improve end product, and fight pollution.
Priority projects include renewable energy and sustainable tourism development. Photo credit: ADB.
News
10 February 2023

BKCF Grants Fund Now Open for Third Round of Project Proposals

Priority projects include renewable energy, green enterprises, sustainable tourism, low-carbon transport, and high-quality agro-fisheries production.
Regional Report on Women in Tourism in Asia and the Pacific
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9 February 2023

Regional Report on Women in Tourism in Asia and the Pacific

This report examines the participation of women in tourism and assesses the sector's contribution to advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls.
Several ASEAN countries are shifting to electric vehicles (EVs) to achieve net zero emissions. They also aspire to become an EV manufacturing hub. Photo credit: iStock/Samsul
News
8 February 2023

Electric Vehicles, Electronics, and the Digital Economy Drive FDI Flows to ASEAN

Growing investor interest in these key industries helps boost foreign direct investments to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021.
ADB is assisting the Philippine government in creating a more liberalized business and investment environment to encourage the private sector to grow and create more jobs. Photo credit: ADB.
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7 February 2023

$500 Million ADB Loan to Boost the Philippines’ Labor Market Recovery

ADB is assisting the government in creating a more liberalized business and investment environment to encourage the private sector to grow and create more jobs.