Publications

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, policies, and political economy of infrastructure investment, and a review of empirical literature of the relationship between growth and infrastructure within Asia.

This paper provides a review of the literature connecting housing, housing finance and the broader economy. It draws together work in these areas that are seldom part of the mainstream literature of economic development.

This paper examines the evolution of infrastructure and the impact of infrastructure investment and public finance shocks on key development indicators and growth performance in the context of middle income countries.

This paper argues that with the rapid urbanization in Southeast Asia, local government units (LGUs) in Southeast Asia are comparable to their counterparts in Canada and therefore should move to a comprehensive/beneficial asset management system.

This policy brief reviews two aspects of independent regulation: institutional efficacy, including primarily autonomy, capacity, and accountability; and the mode of regulation, or the regulator's functional scope. Recommendations are made in the policy brief relating to the entire regulatory process.

This publication outlines the current efforts of the Asian Development Bank to promote sustainable infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, looking at how lives can be improved with regards to infrastructure in the energy, transport, water & waste, communcations technology areas.

This study analyses the direct and indirect links between cross-border infrastructural development and poverty reduction under the guise of transport, electricity and communication infrastructure.

This report reviews public–private partnership projects with respect to infrastructure in Bangladesh and how credit rating can assist in the successful implementation of PPP arrangements.

This publication outlines the technical assistance in the form of CEPs workshops for government officials in DMCs.

This publication captures the proceedings of the forum, which featured presentations on the regional economic outlook and various financing schemes for urban infrastructure projects.

This book reviews the infrastructure development in Thailand and Korea

The report analyzes how regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit the regions in terms of economic growth through infrastructure.

This book discusses in detail the issues and challenges associated with infrastructure connectivity in Asia.

This book combines thematic and country studies, while breaking new ground in quantifying infrastructure's impact on Asia's trade costs.

This policy brief outlines promising ideas to attract instiutional investors to pay for infrastructure they have not convinced pension funds or affluent individuals to invest, especially in emerging economies with untested issuers, The “tax-kicker” bond being proposed here could solve this issue.

This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional infrastructure.

The paper analyses the impact of infrastructure on trade, suggesting that potential gains are large and increase with the quality of infrastructure of trading partners.

The paper discusses the potential contribution of transport infrastructure to regional growth in the years following the GFC.

The study provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the employment impact EIB projects in four Mediterranean partner countries.

This paper introduces the Smart Region Index to assess local infrastructure gaps in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE) regions compared with the EU.