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Your Questions Answered: What is Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index?

Milan Thomas, an ADB economist who specializes in social sector impact evaluation, and Yangchen C. Rinzin, a research fellow at the Centre for Bhutan and Gross National Happiness Studies, answer questions about the use of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness index.

Milan Thomas, an ADB economist who specializes in social sector impact evaluation, and Yangchen C. Rinzin, a research fellow at the Centre for Bhutan and Gross National Happiness Studies, answer questions about the use of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness index.

Pathways to Resilience for Countries Experiencing Conflict and Fragility

Promoting inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development in fragile and conflict-affected states is needed to improve living standards, promote good governance and strengthen institutions.

Promoting inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development in fragile and conflict-affected states is needed to improve living standards, promote good governance and strengthen institutions.

Asia’s Debt is Sustainable… For Now

Asian countries should implement reforms now, while their debt is sustainable, in order to head off a debt crisis.

Asian countries should implement reforms now, while their debt is sustainable, in order to head off a debt crisis.

Is it Time to Tax the Use of Robots?

Governments in Asia will need to walk a fine line between securing adequate revenues, supporting displaced workers, and promoting growth and investment, in response to tax challenges posed by rapid robot deployment.

Governments in Asia will need to walk a fine line between securing adequate revenues, supporting displaced workers, and promoting growth and investment, in response to tax challenges posed by rapid robot deployment.

Parthasarathi Shome

Parthasarathi Shome received Brazil’s highest civilian honour, Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross, for his contributions to Brazilian fiscal reform. He was Adviser (Minister of State) to the Indian Finance Minister, and chaired the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC). Earlier, he was Chief Economist, UK Revenue and Customs; Chief of Tax Policy, IMF; and Professor, American University, Washington DC. He chaired India’s Ninth and Tenth Five Year Plan Task Forces on tax policy and administration.

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Sabyasachi Mitra

Sabyasachi (Saby) Mitra is the Director of Public Management, Financial Sector & Trade Division of the South Asia Department of Asian Development Bank. He has been with ADB for nearly 16 years and specializes mainly in development finance, policy planning and regional cooperation. Prior to taking up this assignment, he was the Deputy Country Director of the India Resident Mission of ADB. Earlier, Mr. Mitra was the Deputy Representative at the European Representative Office of the ADB in Frankfurt.

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Dio Herdiawan Tobing

Dio has worked in the international development sector since 2016, covering Indonesia and Southeast Asia, managing large-scale development projects, and commissioning baseline and impact studies. He is a founder of LOKA Group and a Senior Fellow at Universitas Gadjah Mada's ASEAN Studies Centre. In the past, Dio has held various experiences working with foreign embassies, United Nations, and international NGOs. He holds a Master's degree in Public International Law and a Master's degree in Public Policy.

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Bagas Adhika Putra

He interned at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo and worked on ADBI's T20 policy papers for healthcare and pension funds improvement within the G20 countries under Capacity Building and Training team. Prior to pursuing his Masters, he was a policy researcher at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York City, focusing on Indonesia's 2018 UN General Assembly agendas.

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Digitizing Asia’s Tax Agencies

The tax administration of the future will be digitized and use new technologies which revolutionize tax processes, enhancing speed and accuracy. 

The tax administration of the future will be digitized and use new technologies which revolutionize tax processes, enhancing speed and accuracy. 

Marcelo Giugale

Marcelo Giugale is the former Director of the World Bank’s Department of Financial Advisory and Banking Services—the team of professionals who help governments in emerging and developing countries manage their assets, their debts, and their risks. Also a former Director of country, sector, and practice departments, his more than thirty years of experience span the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin-America, and Africa, where he led senior-level policy dialogue and over thirty billion dollars in lending and insurance operations across the development spectrum.

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