Economy


Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023
This publication provides updated statistics on a comprehensive set of economic, financial, social, and environmental measures as well as select indicators for the SDGs.

Tags: Economy, Sustainable Development Goals

Structural Reforms Set the Stage for Green and Inclusive Growth in Indonesia
An ADB-backed program is helping the country improve its investment climate to attain high-income status by 2045 and transition to a low-carbon economy.

Tags: Indonesia, Economy, SMEs, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Trade and industry

Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2023
This report from ADB provides an economic forecast for developing countries in the Asia–Pacific for 2023 and 2024.

Tags: Economy, Tourism, Finance, Trade and industry

Building a Sustainable Digital Economy in Southeast Asia
This entails collaboration among digital economy companies, stakeholders, and regulators on market, technological, and institutional development.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Economy, ASEAN, Private sector development

Fostering ASEAN’s Digital Future through Cybersecurity Policies and Human Empowerment
This policy brief proposes policy recommendations to ensure successful investment in cybersecurity.

Tags: Information and communications technology, ASEAN, Technology, Economy

Why ASEAN Is Shifting to a Circular Economy
Adopting sustainable consumption and production practices will have multiple economic and social benefits, such as creating green jobs and reducing pollution.

Tags: Environment, Economy, ASEAN, Sustainable Development Goals

Wanted: Skilled Workforce for Jobs of the Future
To ensure that no one is left behind, governments and employers must be mindful of existing inequalities, expand the green labor pool, and equip workers to fully contribute to the change.

Tags: 2023 Videos, ASEAN, SEADS 2023, Gender and development, Economy, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals

Narrowing the Development Gap: Follow-Up Monitor of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development
This report uses a broad range of indicators to assess the individual and collective development progress made by ASEAN.

Tags: ASEAN, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19

Understanding the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement: A Means to Support ASEAN Integration
This policy brief examines the importance of further integrating ASEAN's digital economy and provides policy recommendations on the provisions that should be included in the DEFA.

Tags: ASEAN, Information and communications technology, Economy, Regional cooperation and integration

Benefits of Global Net-Zero Transition Can be 5 Times the Costs in Developing Asia

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, Energy

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