Throughout Asia, governments recognize the importance of health care and are investing more in health systems. ADBI and ADB co-hosted a 4-day policy dialogue; 150 public and private sector representatives spoke on health care in their countries and exchanged ideas on universal health coverage, particularly national health insurance. Read more.

ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino discussed new ways of financing renewable energy infrastructure. He was the keynote speaker at Capacity Building and Training on Power and Energy in South Asia on 21 October in Dhaka. Bangladesh's Nashrul Hamid MP, minister of power, energy, and mineral resources, also addressed the 2-day event jointly organized with the Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG). Read more.

As part of their extensive work on green finance and investment, ADBI and OECD recently co-hosted the 3rd Green Investment Financing Forum at ADBI. Learning from the success of previous forums, participants examined the challenges of and opportunities in green investment financing, as well as the benefits and implications of adopting it. Officials from the ministries of finance, energy, industry, and environment in India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam attended. Read more. Read more.

Importance of services trade and regulatory reforms in developing Asia
Services trade is crucial to any modernizing economy. Services can be inputs for goods production or outputs of networked production systems. Trade in services now accounts for around 26% of manufactured exports by developing economies. ADBI Deputy Dean Bokhwan Yu spoke of the importance of services trade in emerging Asia at a workshop organized by ADBI, International Management Institute-Kolkata, and Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, 26 October, Kolkata. Participants from nine ADB developing member countries discussed services value chains, regulatory barriers, services trade reforms, e-commerce, and movement of people. Read more.

ADBI book launched at US–Japan housing roundtable
ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino and ADBI research economist Matthias Helble presented their research on housing policies at the 2nd US–Japan Housing Finance & Capital Market Roundtable in Tokyo, 17 October. Around 200 attended, among them Japan Housing Finance Agency president, Toshio Kato, and Ginnie Mae president, Theodore W. Tozer. Dean Yoshino and Matthias Helble also launched their book, The Housing Challenge in Emerging Asia: Options and Solutions. Read more.

Dealing with Quantitative Easing Spillovers in East Asia: The Role of Institutions and Macroprudential Policy

Good governance and the right macroprudential measures play an important role in dealing with quantitative easing spillovers. This paper explores the impact of advanced countries’ quantitative easing on emerging market economies (EMEs) and how macroprudential policy and good governance play a role in preventing potential financial vulnerabilities. Read more and download.

An Asian Poverty Line? Issues and Options

Developing an alternative to the “dollar-a-day” poverty line is not a straightforward matter. In this working paper Stephen Klasen offers options, including an Asia-specific multidimensional poverty index. Read more and download.

Costs and Benefits of Urbanization: The Indian Case

Urbanization has both benefits and costs. In a market economy, the trade-off between benefits and costs determines the level, speed, and pace of urbanization. This paper summarizes research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both rural and urban sectors, taking the case of India. Read more and download.

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• ADB-ADBI forum on governance and institutions: Governance issues in domestic resource mobilization
  10-11 November; Tokyo, Japan
• Workshop: Aging populations in Asian countries and their impact on fiscal sustainability
  11 November; Ministry of Finance, Japan
• Aging in Asia
  15-16 November; Kitakyushu, Japan
• Investing for the future: Infrastructure development in Central Asia
  16-17 November; Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
• Seminar: Deep and comprehensive free trade agreements: The quantification challenge
  22 November; Tokyo, Japan
• Distinguished speaker seminar: Tigers, lions, and jaguars: Comparative developmental challenges and responses in the informal economy?
  22 November; Tokyo, Japan
• Policies and governance for gender equality and competitive female labor in Asia
  23-24 November; Seoul, Korea
• 2016 ADBI-Keio Executive training in economics: Contemporary macroeconomic policies in a globalized economy
  28 November-2 December; Keio University, Tokyo
• Trade in the digital economy
  28-29 November; Bangkok, Thailand

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