Private sector development

Quality development projects, guaranteed

By Donald Lambert on Sunday, 16 June 2019

Guarantees are one of government’s most powerful financing tools for mobilizing private sector participation in development projects.
Risky Business: Separating the criminals from the job creators

By Steven Beck on Wednesday, 29 May 2019

Criminals must be prevented from using the financial system but misdirected efforts to stop crime can harm small businesses and the jobs they create
How Legal Entity Identifiers will transform small business in Asia

By Janet Hyde on Thursday, 16 August 2018

A unique, electronic, standardized ID platform will help Asian SMEs expand operations, join supply chains, and access credit.
Investing to build a greener Asia

By Jackie B. Surtani on Thursday, 03 May 2018

Asia needs to attract more private sector investment to close its infrastructure gap. Here’s how it can happen.
Unlocking money flows in the Pacific

By Steven Beck on Wednesday, 28 February 2018

We need to protect the financial system from terrorism and money laundering. But the people of the Pacific should not pay the heaviest price.
Trade finance gaps continue despite fintech breakthroughs

By Alisa DiCaprio, Steven Beck, Kijin Kim on Friday, 03 November 2017

While trade and finance are changing dramatically, trade finance is shifting more slowly. What does this mean for SMEs?
Trade finance: A catalyst for foreign currency, growth in PNG

By Edward Faber on Tuesday, 31 October 2017

While not a panacea, more access to trade finance can be part of the solution to foreign currency shortages in Papua New Guinea.
How to turn blockchain fintech hype into reality

By Steven Beck on Friday, 20 October 2017

Blockchain fintech needs basic infrastructure to promote transparency and financial inclusion. Here are 3 ways this can be done.
Partnership can deliver better infrastructure in PNG

By Stephen P. Groff on Wednesday, 04 October 2017

ADB sees an important role for PPPs in developing PNG’s infrastructure and meeting its development goals.
Using PPPs for next-generation urban infrastructure

By Srinivas Sampath on Monday, 02 October 2017

What can city governments do to attract more private sector infrastructure investment? Here are 7 specific steps.
Plugging Viet Nam's trade finance gap

By Santosh Pokharel on Thursday, 10 August 2017

Trade finance support can help the country achieve its goal of becoming an upper middle-income economy by 2030.
Trade finance helps Pacific business thrive

By Edward Faber on Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Trade finance loans help Pacific businesses address the region’s trade imbalance through exports.
Blockchain pilots making waves in developing Asia

By Alisa DiCaprio, Steven Beck on Thursday, 29 June 2017

Peer-to-peer data sharing is being tested in Georgia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
A global ID system that could revolutionize finance

By Steven Beck on Thursday, 01 December 2016

GLEIF will be a critically important contribution to help realize many of the current developments in fintech, and to spur more growth in cross-border trade.
Public sector support for private sector development – a Sri Lankan case study

By Donald Lambert, Bruno Carrasco on Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Sri Lanka is an excellent example of how it makes good economic sense for the public sector to drive private sector development in Asia and the Pacific.
Supply chain finance – good for banks and SMEs

By Sabine Oudart on Wednesday, 19 October 2016

The buyer-centric approach is making waves as a viable way for banks to facilitate more access to credit for SMEs in Asia and the Pacific.
Bringing trade finance to the Pacific

By Edward Faber on Tuesday, 13 September 2016

ADB’s Trade Finance Program is helping local businesses in the Pacific get the support they need to conduct overseas trade.
Keeping the 'private' in PPPs in the PRC

By Craig Sugden on Wednesday, 31 August 2016

To attract the private sector, it needs to be given a fair chance of competing for PPPs and turning enough of a profit to recover their investment in the People’s Republic of China.
New thinking needed to boost trade

By Steven Beck on Thursday, 28 July 2016

We need to better explain and implement free trade agreements, support other fast-growing emerging markets, keep closing trade financing gaps, and embrace new technologies to bring in more players.
Digitizing trade – how changing the process is changing development

By Steven Beck, Alisa DiCaprio on Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Public open trading windows, smart contracts, or government-issued e-currency are just a few examples of how digitization is changing how people trade.

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