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Promoting Capital Markets for a Sustainable and Inclusive Southeast Asia

This flyer highlights the achievements of ADB’s Green, Social, Sustainable, and Other Labeled (GSS+) Bonds Initiative, catalyzing over $3.5 billion in issuances to help address the funding gap for sustainable development in Southeast Asia. The program demonstrates how capital markets can support sovereign, municipal, and corporate issuers in raising funds through green, blue, social, and …

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Barriers to Filipino Women’s Political Participation

Local and international mandates have greatly facilitated gender equality legislation and programs, a key reform measure that has been missed is overcoming barriers to women’s political participation. A key puzzle is that Filipino women have historically been either at par or have a higher voter turnout than men. However, they have faced obstacles in electoral …

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The Impact of Digitalization on Entrepreneurial Innovation: A Comparative Analysis Between Developing Economies in Asia and in Other Regions

This paper explores whether more established use of digital technology encourages new businesses to be more innovative, comparing 11 countries in Asia with 57 in other regions and highlighting policy implications. The findings suggest that while digital tools do support innovation, they may be more transformative outside Asia. This might be because of lower levels …

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