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Asia's Developing Future
By Asian Development Bank InstituteEducation
Asia's Developing Future episodes
- What does the future hold for post-pandemic labor migration in Asia?Economic and social disruptions accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic have sharply affected labor migration in Asia.In this podcast, ADBI Capacity Building and Training Economist Pitchaya Sirivunnabood describes the pandemic’s implications for labor mobility as well as the role of digitalization in boosting labor migration management moving forward.The discussion draws upon Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 and the Post-Pandemic Future, a report by ADBI, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Labour Organization.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/2T64EBXRelated linkLabor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Futurehttps://bit.ly/3fUIf3g9 min
- ADBI’s Dean explains how infrastructure recoupling could deliver a more effective pandemic recoveryIn this podcast, Asian Development Bank Institute Dean Tetsushi Sonobe explains how global efforts to advance quality infrastructure development could enable a more sustainable and inclusive COVID-19 recovery.He stresses the importance of promoting infrastructure that recouples economic, social, and environmental prosperity, with attention to building support for projects among the general public and private sector.The discussion is based on policy research being led by ADBI and other think tanks through their collaboration in the Think20 or T20—the think tank network of the G20.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/3wF0j6XRelated linkThink20 (T20)https://bit.ly/3urFfiO8 min
- A central bank governor talks strategy for harnessing financial digitalization for COVID-19 recoveryIn this podcast, Benjamin Diokno, Governor of Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas, or BSP, discusses financial digitalization and inclusive COVID-19 recovery strategy with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe. Governor Diokno describes the Philippine central bank’s roadmap for overcoming pandemic shocks and building a stronger, more technologically advanced, and more inclusive economy.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/2Rt1hEBRelated linkADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno on Financial Digitalization and Inclusive COVID-19 Recoveryhttps://bit.ly/3wgNHmC8 min
- What Asia can do to maximize the impact of COVID-19’s fintech boost to financial inclusionThe increased use of financial technology, or fintech, during the COVID-19 pandemic has provided households in Asia and the Pacific with more efficient and shock-resilient financial services access, and also helped the region’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises remain economically viable by offering faster and cheaper financial services than traditional banking. However, economies and communities may be unable to reap the financial inclusion benefits of fintech without sufficient levels of digital and financial literacy and digital payment infrastructure development.A recent virtual conference organized by the ADBI, the Asian Development Bank and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School examined the role and impact of fintech during the pandemic. In this podcast, ADBI Research Fellow John Beirne discusses some of the key insights from the event, as well as the implications for policy makers going forward.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/3ezT8WxRelated linkVirtual Conference on Fintech and COVID-19https://bit.ly/2Sb1nAM12 min
- How latrines can promote girls’ educationIn this podcast, the University of Chicago’s Anjali Adukia presents her research on the link between school sanitation infrastructure, education growth, and development in India. Adukia describes the importance of latrine construction in schools for driving primary school enrollment, particularly among girls. She also discusses the policy implications of these dynamics for education and sanitation development, investment in school infrastructure, and gender equality.The discussion draws upon her ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar on sanitation, education, and development.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/2QjY9ubRelated linkADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Anjali Adukia on Sanitation, Education, and Developmenthttps://bit.ly/2QIxIhm10 min
- How landlocked Central Asia could become a post-pandemic infrastructure financing leaderGreater infrastructure development could give remote, landlocked Central Asian economies a critical boost by enhancing pandemic recovery, poverty eradication, and climate change mitigation. However, growing constraints on the use of public funds will require new financing sources to tackle the region’s substantial infrastructure investment gap.In this podcast, ADBI research fellow Dina Azhgaliyeva and Waseda University professor Naoyuki Yoshino examine the unique challenges of Central Asian infrastructure development and ways to attract greater private financing in the region moving forward.The discussion draws upon the new ADBI press book, Developing Infrastructure in Central Asia: Impacts and Financing Mechanisms.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/2PO9DFORelated linkDeveloping Infrastructure in Central Asia: Impacts and Financing Mechanismshttps://bit.ly/3dpFRPy13 min
- How Asia can boost mask production and reignite its SME growth engine through tradeSmall and medium-sized enterprises – SMEs – account for most businesses and employment in Asia and the Pacific’s developing economies. Reigniting the region’s SME growth via trade will be key to advancing inclusive economic recovery and resilience in the face of COVID-19 challenges.In this podcast, Waseda University professor emeritus and ADBI visiting fellow, Shujiro Urata, examines the importance of boosting SME trade for developing Asia and the Pacific at this juncture. He describes opportunities and challenges to increasing SME engagement in cross-border production and supply chains, also known as global supply chains, how SMEs could help to meet demand for facial masks, and related policy keys moving forward.The discussion draws upon his new book, Enhancing SME Participation in Global Value Chains: Determinants, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/30jYdLMRelated linkEnhancing SME Participation in Global Value Chains: Determinants, Challenges, and Policy Recommendationshttps://bit.ly/3qrrpen11 min
- Asia could lay the groundwork for a post-pandemic infrastructure boom through fairer land useMeeting developing Asia and the Pacific’s demand for quality infrastructure that can support inclusive post-pandemic growth will requires the steady but equitable acquisition of land. However, geography, settlement patterns, conflicting cultures, and unique country-level land use problems often raise concerns about the fairness of land procurement and undermine project viability.In this podcast, Piyush Tiwari of the University of Melbourne examines land development challenges and the importance of balancing the rights and interests of vulnerable communities with broader infrastructure imperatives. He also describes policy recommendations for strengthening equitable land use, management practices, and infrastructure financing in the region.The discussion draws upon the new book, Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure, which he co-edited.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/2N5jW7nRelated linkEquitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructurehttps://bit.ly/3k4r7bR13 min
- Central Asia could be a model for advancing SME trade and inclusive recoveryLike in other parts of Asia and the Pacific, small and medium-sized enterprises – SMEs – are the engine of developing Central Asian economies. Igniting the sector’s trade growth potential will be crucial to the region’s inclusive and sustainable COVID-19 recovery and development.In this podcast, ADBI Vice Chair of Research, Peter Morgan, examines SME trade challenges in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation – CAREC – countries. He also describes the importance of boosting the region’s SME participation in production and supply chains and measures for doing so.The discussion draws upon the new book, Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries, which Morgan co-edited with Naoyuki Yoshino, Professor Emeritus at Keio University and former Dean of ADBI.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/36Ci503Related linkLeveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countrieshttps://bit.ly/3pOnb0O#5 min
- MSME digitalization could be the ticket to a speedy Asian recovery in 2021Greater digitalization of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, or MSMEs, could be the ticket to a speedy recovery of coronavirus shaken economies in Asia and the Pacific in 2021.In this podcast, ADBI Dean and CEO, Tetsushi Sonobe, discusses the importance of digital development for reviving growth among the region’s developing economies, related challenges and signs of progress, and the road ahead.He draws upon the findings of new ADBI survey research of MSMEs across Asia and the Pacific.Read the transcripthttps://bit.ly/3nqOJYsRelated linkADBI-ADB Webinar on COVID-19 Impacts on Asian MSMEs and Householdshttps://bit.ly/394xqHiCOVID-19 Impacts on ASEAN Households: Survey Findingshttps://bit.ly/38jyk3x6 min
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