192 datasets found

This article explores the role of transport infrastructures in regional economic growth by comparing Central Eastern Europe (supported by the European Union structural and...

This book examines the pension systems of eight countries in East and Southeast Asia (China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)...

This paper examines the extent to which economic convergence within ASEAN is occurring, the factors that are driving it and the role of policy. Theory is provided to examine the...

Climate change is a potential threat to Vietnam’s development as current and future infrastructure will be vulnerable to climate change impacts. This paper focuses on the...

This report is ADB's first major assessment of Myanmar since it began political and economic reforms in 2011. It examines the country's strengths and weaknesses and highlights...

This report is the culmination of a nine-month multistakeholder process investigating Myanmar’s energy architecture, which aimed to understand the nation’s current energy...

This report assesses the transformation toward democracy and a market economy as well as the quality of political management in Laos. The report is part of the Bertelsmann...

This report synthesizes the country studies on payments for environmental services (PES) schemes in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam – that were prepared for a regional...

The Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Investment Framework Implementation Plan (RIF-IP), 2014-2018 identifies a robust pipeline of 92 high priority projects from among the more...

This brief summarises lessons learned from green freight feasibility analyses conducted under the Asian Development Bank’s Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program...

This book addresses major challenges in developing regional infrastructure (both hard and soft) in Asia, specifically exploring the costs and benefits, financing requirements,...

This strategic framework develops a practical approach to railway integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion, provides GMS countries with an initial framework for achieving...

This paper analyzes the potential for poverty reduction with balanced regional urbanization through the development of second-tier cities and secondary towns in Southeast Asia....

A study examining the appropriateness and expenditure for treatment for poor patients by hospitals in three provinces of Laos. The authors conducted structured interviews with...

A study exploring the barriers to local residents’ participation in the process of community-based tourism planning and development in a developing country. Focusing on the case...

A study about farmers' adaptation of fishing instruments in northeastern Thailand. The studied area was Thung Kula in the north east of Thailand. The research method was...

This paper analyses the China-Myanmar ‘comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership’ in the framework of China’s diplomacy in the post- Cold War era and concludes that the...

This research was designed to evaluate the performance of Constructed Wetlands (CW) for groundwater quality improvement. In the first phase of this study, performance of CW...

This article reports six species of Begonia that were previously unknown to science from Northern Vietnam. Diagnostic features that separate them from morphologically allied...

This paper examines the effect of old-age dependency ratio on the share of consumption in gross domestic product. The authors compare this relationship in Asian economies...