More than a third of respondents to a poll* conducted by the Asian Development Blog, a social media communications tool of the bank of the same name, has told it to focus on infrastructure development […]
The food sector has the potential to benefit greatly in the new Asean Economic Community (AEC). But because food products attract higher levels of regulation, which often varies between member countries, a significant number of […]
Construction of the Nam Ngum hydropower plant started in 1968. Harnessing the power of the country’s largest watershed, the first hydropower plant in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic was producing 30 megawatts of electricity within […]
Government officials, development experts, and members of the private sector gathered recently in Ho Chi Minh City for the opportunity to listen as Vietnam’s economy was put under the microscope. Held for the first time […]
As Cambodia claws its way into lower-middle income status one of the biggest hurdles it faces on its journey to the next level is the lack of a steady supply of skilled labour preventing its […]
Last year’s extreme drought and contractions in the mining sector have combined to strip Vietnam of its stellar economic growth for 2016, while what effect the death two weeks ago of King Bhumibol Adulyadej will […]
In the next 15 years the faces of Asean are set to change drastically. Although the population of Asean in 2030 will be richer and largely urbanised, the majority of the region’s GDP will still […]
Despite some appearances to the contrary, things in Cambodia are looking pretty rosy… at least according to the World Bank. In its latest revision of world economies the Bank raised Cambodia’s status from a low-income […]
Since the election of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the next Philippine president in a landslide victory on May 9, 2016, the regional and international media have highlighted his outrageous remarks on various sensitive […]
A US$500 million loan by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to help lower the cost and difficulty of doing business in Indonesia. The ADB agreed to advance the second tranche after the country […]
The Asian Development Bank assured Vietnamese leaders last week that the organisation will continue to assist the country. Takehiko Nakao, the ADB’s president, met with a number of top ministers to discuss future cooperation and […]
A gloomy outlook is enveloping the world’s economies. There are concerns that countries are failing to sufficiently focus on long-term policy responses to reverse the decline in global growth. Some are even arguing that the […]