Economy
The Southeast Asia Sustainable Tourism Facility will help countries identify and prepare environmentally sustainable tourism projects and catalyze private financing to support them.
This report from the Asian Development Bank gives an overview of Southeast Asia's blue economy with a particular focus on the investment approaches, opportunities, and finance mechanisms that are available to promote and catalyze funds for a sustainable ocean economy.
Tags: SEADS 2023, Finance, Environment, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals, GFH Publications
New consumers and businesses are expected to stay digital even after the pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, Economy, Information and communications technology, ASEAN
This report gives an overview of the initiatives and approaches of Asia-Pacific economies toward preferential trade agreements, including recent trends and developments.
Tags: Trade and industry, Economy, Regional cooperation and integration
ADB welcomes the scaled-up commitments from its developing member countries at COP26 as a promising step forward to strengthen actions in the global battle against climate change.
Tags: Economy, Energy, Environment
This report from Google, Temasek, and Bain and Company looks at Southeast Asia's digital economy, focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Th report features recommendations and actionable insights for Southeast Asian countries and the People’s Republic of China as they try to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
This report provides 80 supporting case studies and examples demonstrating proven strategies to sustainably cool cities.
Tags: SEADS 2023, Environment, Economy, Energy, Health, Social development and poverty, Sustainable Development Goals
The new funding will go to the ASEAN Green Recovery Platform, which backs low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects.
Tags: COVID-19, Economy, Environment, Finance
The loan will support Cambodia’s efforts to expand access to credit among MSMEs and implement reforms to boost financial stability and upgrade financial sector infrastructure.