Finance sector development

The massive amounts of Asia’s savings rate could be a "game-changer" for infrastructure.

Bringing institutional investors into the race to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Contractual savings institutions, such as mutual funds, pensions, and insurance companies, can drive investments that offer financial returns while creating social and environmental impact.

Arup Kumar Chatterjee

Small businesses owned and operated by women are particularly vulnerable to pandemic lockdowns. Photo: ADB

Helping Viet Nam’s small businesses and female entrepreneurs endure

Small businesses are the backbone of the Vietnamese economy. The government should take decisive action to help them, particularly those owned by women.

Don Lambert

Asia has an extraordinary savings rate that could be invested in making society more resilient. Photo: Andre Taissin

Asia vast savings can bring on an “age of sustainability”

Insurance companies, pension funds, and other institutional investors in Asia and the Pacific can pave the way to a resilient and sustainable future.

Arup Kumar Chatterjee

小生意可助力疫后经济绿色复苏

中小企业的业务占整个亚洲的96%以上。它们的生存能力和韧性对于绿色复苏至关重要。

Arup Kumar Chatterjee

Small business in Asia and the Pacific have been hit hard by the pandemic. Photo: ADB

Small businesses can help drive a green recovery from the pandemic

Small and medium-sized enterprises make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses. Their survival and resilience is essential for a green recovery.

Arup Kumar Chatterjee

Microfinance kept many small businesses in Asia afloat during the pandemic. Photo: Lynda Hinton

Many thought the pandemic would imperil microfinance. It did the opposite.

Despite being a “high-touch” business, microfinance institutions found ways to connect with their clients during the pandemic, with backing from governments and the private sector

Anshukant Taneja

Linking Asia’s financial markets will prepare the region for the next crisis. Photo: Martin Fu

Linking Asia’s financial markets will help the region respond to the next crisis

Just as past crises triggered international and regional financial cooperation, the pandemic offers an opportunity to collectively improve financial resilience and soundness.

Satoru Yamadera, Peter Rosenkranz