ADB Publications—September 2024 | 22 Titles

Welcome to the ADB Publications monthly newsletter. Browse below to see our latest publications on a wide range of development topics.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Quality Jobs and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific: Impacts of a Triple Transition—Demographic, Digital, and Green

This report shows how overlapping demographic, digital, and green transitions are reshaping jobs in Asia and the Pacific. It explores how integrated policies can help harness the growth potential of these three megatrends and highlights the need to upskill workers with both technical and soft skills.

Asia Bond Monitor—September 2024

This edition shows that financial conditions in emerging East Asia have improved since July, leading to declining bond yields, amid moderating inflation and expected interest rate cuts both in advanced economies and the region.

Asian Development Review: Volume 41, Number 2

This edition features five articles analyzing the forces that have driven Asia and the Pacific’s structural transformation in recent decades. The articles delve into (i) the trade–poverty nexus, (ii) linkages between demographic changes and labor productivity, (iii) structural change impacts of trade disputes, (iv) special economic zones, and (v) the transfer of labor away from agriculture.

Driving Energy-Efficient and Low-Carbon Investments for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through the Finance Sector

This report presents a comprehensive review of the investment landscape in energy efficiency and climate-smart infrastructure technologies in India. It examines market dynamics for small and medium-sized enterprises in energy-intensive sectors, commercial buildings, and electric mobility.

Indonesia Longitudinal Aging Survey 2023

This report provides a summary of findings and key data from Indonesia’s first longitudinal aging survey and aims to inform healthcare and social security reforms in the country. It discusses the common health issues older people face, and measures to improve social protection and to promote preventative healthcare.

Public–Private Partnership Monitor: India

This report assesses trends and developments in India’s public–private partnerships (PPP) landscape as the fast-growing economy seeks to build an estimated $1.4 trillion in infrastructure to support sustainable economic growth.

MORE PUBLICATIONS

CIVIL SOCIETY

• Civil Society Brief: Nepal

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT

• Echoes of Success: Case Studies in the Replication of Asian Development Bank Projects in the People's Republic of China

• Storms, Early Education, and Human Capital

ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND TRADE

• Aiming for Sustainable Economic Development in the Pacific: The Asian Think Tank Forum 2023

• Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance and Financial Impacts: Comparative Analysis of Companies in Asia

• Transforming the Fight Against Trade-Based Money Laundering: New Data and Partnerships

ENERGY

• Emerging Hydrogen Energy Technology and Global Momentum

GENDER EQUALITY

• Empowering Growth: Supporting Women in Samoa to Lead the Way in Agribusiness

• Greater Mekong Subregion Gender Strategy Implementation Plan 2025-2030

HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Funding Developing Asia’s Old-Age Needs: Challenges and Opportunities

TRANSPORT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Innovation-Driven Green Economic Diversification for Resource-Exhausted Cities in Heilongjiang Province

• Proposed Life Cycle Approach for Promoting Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality: Case of the Road Subsector in Tajikistan

ADB OPERATIONS

• Build4Skills: Integrating Traineeships into ADB-Supported Infrastructure Projects—A Handbook for Project Processing Teams and Project Implementation Units (Second Edition)

• Build4Skills: Practice Guide for Procurement Practitioners

• Post-Disaster Needs Assessment: Simulation Exercise Handbook

• Strategy 2030 Midterm Review: An Evolution Approach for the Asian Development Bank

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