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26 Apr 16
An unprecedented explosion in the working-age population in Asia Pacific risks dire consequences if not properly managed, the United Nations Development Programme has warned.
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25 Apr 16
The International Monetary Fund has advised Vietnam to tighten its belt in the face of sharp increases in public debt.
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25 Apr 16
India’s government seems “reluctant” to solve its affordable urban housing crisis, with luxury real estate and development projects prioritised over the housing needs of poorer people, a United...
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25 Apr 16
The European Union is to deliver a €105m grant to Nepal, pledged in June last year, a few months after the small Asian nation was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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22 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank saw record demand for its resources in 2015, according to its annual report, as countries in the region sought to boost sluggish growth, reduce inequality, and tackle...
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21 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank is to provide $300m to support road upgrades in Uttar Pradesh, its first ever loan for this purpose to India’s most populous state.
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14 Apr 16
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has struck a deal to work with the World Bank after opening for business earlier this year.
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11 Apr 16
Boosting productivity and bringing more people into the labour market must be Japan’s “number one priority” if it is to compensate for its rapidly shrinking workforce, the OECD has warned.
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8 Apr 16
Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has announced he intends to stand for re-election to the role.
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8 Apr 16
A $200m investment agreement has been signed for the initial funding of a pipeline that will deliver 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan all the way through to India.
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7 Apr 16
The executive board of troubled Malaysian national development fund 1MDB have today offered their resignations following a damning report into the scandal from the country’s Public Accounts Committee...
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5 Apr 16
A new big data tool, launched today in the Philippines, looks set to help manage traffic flows in congested city streets across southeast Asia.
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31 Mar 16
New Zealand’s first real rise in benefits in almost half a century is to come into effect tomorrow, according to social development minister Anne Tolley.
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30 Mar 16
Growth across Asia and the Pacific is set to slow this year and next year as a result of a continued weak recovery globally and softer prospects for China, according to the Asian Development Bank.
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23 Mar 16
The Japanese government should introduce reforms to boost wages growth as part of economic plans to help the country escape from deflation
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22 Mar 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced $250m to support the treatment of harmful industrial wastewater and sludge in China.
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22 Mar 16
Local public services in Indonesia stand to be improved after a “bottom up” model to spot problems and enact solutions was successfully tested.
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21 Mar 16
China should prioritise reforms to open up its economy, reduce inequality and expand innovation on its “bumpy” transition to a new growth model, International Monetary Fund managing director...
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21 Mar 16
The powers of the attorney general and public prosecutor in Malaysia should be separated in order to establish greater independence in the country’s judiciary, Transparency International has...
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17 Mar 16
Bold action will be needed from policymakers across developing Asia to counteract China’s slowdown, which could knock a third of a percentage point off growth in the rest of the region for the next...
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15 Mar 16
Government spending in Indonesia is driving a modest pick-up in growth but a more solid recovery will depend on private sector investment, the World Bank has said.
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14 Mar 16
Reforms that will allow Asia to capitalise on its economic success are vital to the global economy, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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9 Mar 16
The Asian Development Bank has re-entered the US dollar bond market with the sale of a $3bn, five-year global benchmark bond.
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8 Mar 16
The Chinese Renminbi is to be identified in the International Monetary Fund’s official foreign reserves database as of October, the fund has announced.
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7 Mar 16
A deal between the Asian Development Bank and the Eurasian Development Bank will see the banks work together to invest $3bn in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
26 Apr 16An unprecedented explosion in the working-age population in Asia Pacific risks dire consequences if not properly managed, the United Nations Development Programme has warned.
25 Apr 16The International Monetary Fund has advised Vietnam to tighten its belt in the face of sharp increases in public debt.
25 Apr 16India’s government seems “reluctant” to solve its affordable urban housing crisis, with luxury real estate and development projects prioritised over the housing needs of poorer people, a United...
25 Apr 16The European Union is to deliver a €105m grant to Nepal, pledged in June last year, a few months after the small Asian nation was hit by a devastating earthquake.
22 Apr 16The Asian Development Bank saw record demand for its resources in 2015, according to its annual report, as countries in the region sought to boost sluggish growth, reduce inequality, and tackle...
21 Apr 16The Asian Development Bank is to provide $300m to support road upgrades in Uttar Pradesh, its first ever loan for this purpose to India’s most populous state.
14 Apr 16The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has struck a deal to work with the World Bank after opening for business earlier this year.
11 Apr 16Boosting productivity and bringing more people into the labour market must be Japan’s “number one priority” if it is to compensate for its rapidly shrinking workforce, the OECD has warned.
8 Apr 16Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has announced he intends to stand for re-election to the role.
8 Apr 16A $200m investment agreement has been signed for the initial funding of a pipeline that will deliver 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan all the way through to India.
7 Apr 16The executive board of troubled Malaysian national development fund 1MDB have today offered their resignations following a damning report into the scandal from the country’s Public Accounts Committee...
5 Apr 16A new big data tool, launched today in the Philippines, looks set to help manage traffic flows in congested city streets across southeast Asia.
31 Mar 16New Zealand’s first real rise in benefits in almost half a century is to come into effect tomorrow, according to social development minister Anne Tolley.
30 Mar 16Growth across Asia and the Pacific is set to slow this year and next year as a result of a continued weak recovery globally and softer prospects for China, according to the Asian Development Bank.
23 Mar 16The Japanese government should introduce reforms to boost wages growth as part of economic plans to help the country escape from deflation
22 Mar 16The Asian Development Bank has announced $250m to support the treatment of harmful industrial wastewater and sludge in China.
22 Mar 16Local public services in Indonesia stand to be improved after a “bottom up” model to spot problems and enact solutions was successfully tested.
21 Mar 16China should prioritise reforms to open up its economy, reduce inequality and expand innovation on its “bumpy” transition to a new growth model, International Monetary Fund managing director...
17 Mar 16Bold action will be needed from policymakers across developing Asia to counteract China’s slowdown, which could knock a third of a percentage point off growth in the rest of the region for the next...
9 Mar 16The Asian Development Bank has re-entered the US dollar bond market with the sale of a $3bn, five-year global benchmark bond.
7 Mar 16A deal between the Asian Development Bank and the Eurasian Development Bank will see the banks work together to invest $3bn in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
