This issues paper aims to help ADB DMC governments integrate Disaster Risk Management into their national developmental strategies and examine how emerging economies of Asia can cooperate to improve their disaster risk management practices, in view of increasing risks of compound disasters,...

This paper begins with a short review and discussion of the literature on policy complementarities and their implications in terms of (sustainable) growth strategies and the possible emergence of a new policymaking paradigm. Then, it provides a descriptive analysis of the effect on economic...

With deregulation and globalization, and the impact of these developments on economies worldwide, it has become necessary for the PRC authorities to consider an approach that would further attune its economic engine toward sustained growth. This paper argues that certain sectors of the economy...

This paper will discuss the major factors, which affect Indonesia's industrial competitiveness, specifically the determinants of its industrial technology development, which is crucial to raising Indonesia's competitiveness. After a brief overview of industrial development before and after the...

This is one of the first analytical reports on the major lessons learned from Sri Lanka's experience of the tsunami and the response in the rebuilding phase: Promised external assistance appeared at first to be more than adequate to cover reconstruction costs in full. But problems soon emerged...

For the past several years, the revaluation of the renminbi has been a hot topic among policy makers and economists as well as market participants inside and outside the PRC against the background of internal and external disequilibrium of the PRC economy. Based upon the history of the exchange...

If the demand for credit by the poor changes little when interest rates increase, lenders can raise fees to cost-covering levels without losing customers. This claim is at the core of sustainable microfinance strategies that aim to provide banking services to the poor while eschewing long-term...

The population and poverty nexus is not new but remains an important development issue for many countries. Recent research has added the crucial dimension of vulnerability to poverty to the debate on the determinants of the welfare status of a population. But the issue of vulnerability has...

Does competition enhance productivity growth of a developing economy? Is global competition conducive to economic development? Especially, does competition with more advanced producers in the global market promote productivity growth of domestic producers in a developing country? If the answer...

In recent years, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as the world's largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI). Many analysts and government officials in the developing world have expressed concern that they are losing competitiveness to the PRC. Is the PRC diverting FDI...