Using Energy Abundance to Address Income Inequality Azerbaijan has leveraged its vast energy resources to elevate the country to upper middle-income status.
How to Make the National Transition from Being a Labor Market to a Knowledge Economy Sri Lanka is transforming its education system to take its economy to the next level.
How to Bring a Soviet-style Economy and Government into the Modern Era Armenia’s leaders put in place prudent fiscal and monetary policies that resulted in strong economic growth.
Finding the Link between Happiness and Development Bhutan has achieved high rates of economic growth and poverty reduction by taking a holistic approach to development that includes the personal happiness of its citizens
What the People's Republic of China Can Teach Us about Participating in Global Value Chains The People’s Republic of China is moving to more technologically sophisticated and more value-creating segments of global value chains.
If Poverty Is the Problem, Remittances Are a Solution One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
Economic Analysis of Investment Projects Submitted by s@dmin on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 11:05 Kee-Yung Nam, Principal Economist of ADB's Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division, discusses how to evaluate the rationale, purpose and justification of investment projects. Read more about Economic Analysis of Investment Projects
The Increasingly Overlooked Ingredient for Surviving the Next Asian Financial Crisis: Regional Cooperation Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.
Night Light Data: An Innovative Way to Track Development Statisticians use satellite images of Earth’s night lights to measure social and economic activity.
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia To avoid large economic losses from climate change, Southeast Asia can lead the way in global climate action by shifting towards a low-carbon economy.