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Public Spending and Inclusive Growth: An Empirical Analysis Across Economies Papers and Briefs | 29 Oct 2025
Public Spending and Inclusive Growth: An Empirical Analysis Across Economies
This paper investigates the inclusive impact of different components of government spending in 191 economies (1980–2023). It finds that well-targeted spending can foster more inclusive growth.
Clearing the Path: Reforming the Right of Way for Digital India Papers and Briefs | 28 Oct 2025
Clearing the Path: Reforming the Right of Way for Digital India
India sped up the rollout of telecom infrastructure by digitizing permit approvals and improving coordination between authorities, cutting delays that had held back network expansion.
Taxing Cross-Border E-Commerce Supplies: Lessons from Value-Added and Goods and Services Tax Policies in Australia and Viet Nam Papers and Briefs | 28 Oct 2025
Taxing Cross-Border E-Commerce Supplies: Lessons from Value-Added and Goods and Services Tax Policies in Australia and Viet Nam
This brief analyzes how Australia and Viet Nam are maximizing value-added tax (VAT) and goods and services tax (GST) revenues from cross-border e-commerce by revising their tax regimes in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines.
Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Climate-Resilient Primary Health Care Papers and Briefs | 23 Oct 2025
Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Climate-Resilient Primary Health Care
This brief shows how the Green Primary Care Project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is leveraging indigenous knowledge to ensure that climate adaptation strategies are locally relevant, inclusive, and sustainable, strengthening both community and health system resilience.
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Social Inequality Papers and Briefs | 23 Oct 2025
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Social Inequality

Informal justice mechanisms in their current form often fall short of the ideal of equitable, impartial justice for all.
The Global Index of Female Entrepreneurship Systems Papers and Briefs | 22 Oct 2025
The Global Index of Female Entrepreneurship Systems
This paper introduces the 2024 Female Entrepreneurship Index, which examines the conditions that encourage successful entrepreneurship among women and provides insights for policymakers.
Provincial-Level Income Inequality in the People’s Republic of China: The Role of Human Capital Papers and Briefs | 22 Oct 2025
Provincial-Level Income Inequality in the People’s Republic of China: The Role of Human Capital
This paper examines income inequality across provincial-level administrative units in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Bridging the Digital Divide: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific Papers and Briefs | 22 Oct 2025
Bridging the Digital Divide: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific
This brief highlights the importance of transformative strategies to promote gender equality in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem, as it reshapes economies and societies.
Adaptive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific Papers and Briefs | 21 Oct 2025
Adaptive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific
Drawing on rich examples from Asia and the Pacific, this brief explains how adaptive social protection provisions can be strengthened to better protect vulnerable populations from the growing impacts of climate change and other shocks.
Data Transformation: Implications for Foreign Exchange Regulatory Reporting in ASEAN+3 Papers and Briefs | 20 Oct 2025
Data Transformation: Implications for Foreign Exchange Regulatory Reporting in ASEAN+3
This brief reviews prevailing foreign exchange regulatory reporting practices. It highlights the need for standardization and opportunities to make the reporting process more efficient by using data standards, particularly ISO 20022.

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ADB is a leading multilateral development bank supporting sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth across Asia and the Pacific. Working with its members and partners to solve complex challenges together, ADB harnesses innovative financial tools and strategic partnerships to transform lives, build quality infrastructure, and safeguard our planet.

Founded in 1966, ADB is owned by 69 members—50 from the region.

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Papers and Briefs

Public Spending and Inclusive Growth: An Empirical Analysis Across Economies

Clearing the Path: Reforming the Right of Way for Digital India

Taxing Cross-Border E-Commerce Supplies: Lessons from Value-Added and Goods and Services Tax Policies in Australia and Viet Nam

Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Climate-Resilient Primary Health Care

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Social Inequality

The Global Index of Female Entrepreneurship Systems

Provincial-Level Income Inequality in the People’s Republic of China: The Role of Human Capital

Bridging the Digital Divide: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific

Adaptive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific

Data Transformation: Implications for Foreign Exchange Regulatory Reporting in ASEAN+3

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