Private sector development


ADB and Thailand organize training to help tourism MSMEs adopt digital technologies to analyze consumer data, market services, and boost profitability.

Tags: Tourism, Regional cooperation and integration, Sustainable Development Goals, Private sector development, Information and communications technology, Thailand

With investments in ASEAN startups showing signs of weakness, policies are needed to support innovation ecosystems, both in individual member states and on a regional level.

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

Thanks to an EU-backed project that promotes clean fuel from agricultural wastes, small business owners see improvement in their earnings and end product, while contributing to fighting pollution.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Agriculture and food security, Private sector development, Energy

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.

Tags: Philippines, Finance, Education, Sustainable Development Goals, Private sector development

Women entrepreneurs face a range of constraints in growing their businesses, including limited access to capital, advice, and training opportunities, as well as support networks for business-related resources.

Tags: Gender and development, Private sector development, Indonesia, MSMEs

MSMEs are the first and last mile of the economy. As such, more concerted support for MSMEs to chart a greener way forward is needed, from governments, platform companies, and new digital solutions providers.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Private sector development, MSMEs, Information and communications technology, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals

Strategic foresight can help policymakers grasp a more holistic understanding of an issue, such as illustrating how technological, economic, social, environmental, and political drivers (and their interlinkages) might influence the future.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Private sector development, MSMEs, Indonesia

This brief explains the critical role small firms play in Southeast Asia's economy and what measures are needed to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: Private sector development, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam

This report highlights some of the strategies, opportunities, and challenges facing the tech industry in the wake of the pandemic.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Private sector development, Trade and industry, Indonesia