Kijin Kim

Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department

Kijin works on trade and financial integration within the context of regional cooperation and integration. Before joining ADB, he was a research fellow of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory at the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD in Economics. From 2004 to 2010, he worked as economist at the Bank of Korea.

Big data and other forms of digital technology are increasingly seen as a way to facilitate trade. Photo: Markus Spiske

More than just money: Digital technologies can help narrow the trade finance gap

Digital or financial technology – including mobile internet access, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data – can make international trade more efficient and support financing options.

Kijin Kim