ADBI News 36: Of Taxes, Solar Lights, and the Upcoming T20 Summit

No. 36, 2018

NEW BOOK
Tax and Development: Challenges in Asia and the Pacific

Taxation is increasingly in the limelight of the development agenda, particularly with the emergence of the G20 as the premier international forum. ADBI’s new book analyzes country policies and shares practical experiences of tax systems from selected countries in the region.

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EVENT
Argentina Think 20 Summit submits communiqué to G20, next stop Tokyo

Representatives of ADBI and seven Japanese think tanks participated in the Argentina “Think 20” (T20) Summit in Buenos Aires on 17–19 September. The T20 aims to provide the G20 process with research-based policy recommendations. As co-chair of the Task Force on Infrastructure for Development, ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino participated in the opening ceremony where the T20 communiqué was presented to Argentina President Mauricio Macri and was a panelist in the plenary session on infrastructure. Dean Yoshino and other Japan think tank representatives also shared preliminary plans for research priorities for Japan’s leadership of the T20 in 2019.

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PODCAST
Small-scale solar systems would be better for developing countries

Developing countries in Asia can leapfrog old fossil-fuel energy systems and promote the use of environment-friendly solar-power systems as their growing economies need more and more energy.

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WORKING PAPER
A Proposal on the “i Bank Index,” A Measure of Banks’ Ability to Nurture Client Businesses

Are banks contributing to the development of their client firms? Kiyotsugu Yoshihara of Kyoto University proposes a way to find out.

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BLOG
Do solar lights help kids do better in school?

Children who were given solar lights in rural Zambia did not perform better in school. Ognen Stojanovski of Stanford University examines why.