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Special purpose vehicles: Financial wizardry or tumbling dominoes?

By Ravi Peri on Friday, 07 December 2018

The answers to preventing SPV failure in infrastructure projects may lie in three key areas of oversight.
Cyber insurance: Creating a culture of risk management

By Lotte Schou-Zibell, Nigel Phair on Wednesday, 05 December 2018

As companies increasingly turn to insurance against cyber attacks, insurance firms are figuring out how to quantify such risk.
Why imposing trade tariffs backfires in an interconnected world

By Valerie Mercer-Blackman on Monday, 03 December 2018

Production value chains in Asia and beyond will be severely affected by the US-PRC trade tensions.
Delivering the Paris work program at Katowice: The race to the finish line

By Preety Bhandari on Friday, 30 November 2018

With little over a year to go, there is no margin for delay in setting the rules to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Early lessons from using technology to ease trade in South Asia

By Ronald Butiong on Thursday, 29 November 2018

SASEC is piloting an electronic cargo tracking system to make cargo transit more efficient and speed up customs processes.
Turning Mongolia orange: Behavior change communication against domestic violence

By Pinky Serafica, Tsolmon Begzsuren on Monday, 26 November 2018

A domestic violence hotline is helping Mongolian women see a brighter future without violence against them.
Singapore providing test-bed for effectiveness of floating solar

By Bambang Susantono on Friday, 23 November 2018

Singapore is home to the world’s largest test-bed for a floating solar photo voltaic power generation system, the results of which will be watched keenly by ADB and many others.
Raising climate ambition – carbon finance holds the key

By Woochong Um on Friday, 23 November 2018

International carbon markets, if developed in a credible way, can play a vital role in accelerating climate action.