Bucking the digital trend, the appetite for cash is driven by such factors as opportunity cost, precautionary motives, aging, and demand from abroad.
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
The Asian Development Bank Institute provides intellectual input for policy makers in Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries. It does so by conducting research with a focus on medium- to long-term development issues of strategic importance that affects the region and through capacity building and training activities that contribute to ADB’s overarching objective of poverty reduction.
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SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
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SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
An analysis of socioeconomic indicators shows India is a suitable market for bullet trains.
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Policy responses to population aging should promote economic growth, higher productivity, and higher income for workers.
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth -
Design projects with high economic impact and share dividends with investors and communities through hometown investment funds, land trusts, and other instruments.
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Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals -
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
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SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Combining materials processed in a single treatment plant offers cost savings and private sector opportunities in sanitation services.
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SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
A study of Samoa's online firms provides lessons and insights for other companies in the Pacific.
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One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals -
Among the lessons: Make inclusive investments in education, sanitation, and health in order to avoid enclaves of rich and poor.
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities