Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292628593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 101
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Social bond markets have grown rapidly in Asia and around the world amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Today, the global social bond market is dominated by bonds that address pandemic-related social impact areas. To better understand the potential contribution of social bonds in tackling developing Asia's most urgent social issues, this study reviews the current status and recent trends of global and Asian social bond markets. It further analyzes social impact areas that can be addressed by social bonds in both the short and long term. The study's findings can help align finance with the Sustainable Development Goals and maximize the impact of the social bond market for sustainable development.
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ISBN: 9789292628604
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Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292627139
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Social bond markets have grown rapidly in Asia and around the world amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Today, the global social bond market is dominated by bonds that address pandemic-related social impact areas. To better understand the potential contribution of social bonds in tackling developing Asia’s most urgent social issues, this study reviews the current status and recent trends of global and Asian social bond markets. It further analyzes social impact areas that can be addressed by social bonds in both the short and long term. The study’s findings can help align finance with the Sustainable Development Goals and maximize the impact of the social bond market for sustainable development.
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ISBN: 9789292627140
Category : Bond market
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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"This publication explains how social bond market development in Asia can support an inclusive and sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)."--Abstract
Author: Naoko Nemoto
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 4899742061
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Investors are increasingly integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into their investment decisions. Currently, more than half of managed assets in Europe are linked to ESG factors, while in Japan, ESG investment has grown dramatically in recent years. In principle, ESG investment can help to bridge the gap between profit-driven investment and economic and social sustainability in Asia and the Pacific. However, a number of challenges, such as unclear and varied sustainable investment criteria, untested impacts on corporate value and social issues, and the lack of quality data cloud the potential for increasing ESG investment. This book aims to contribute to developing a framework for future analysis and monitoring to ensure the growth of ESG investment.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9290924675
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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This report provides insights to investors keen to invest in the region, financial intermediaries that advise social enterprises (SEs) on capital raising, and developers of platforms seeking to connect SEs in the region with impact investors. Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), an SE based in Singapore, is applying the final outputs of this research as it finalizes the operating features of Asia's first social stock exchange, which it is creating. The outputs of the research will also aid policy makers and institutional actors to better understand and foster an environment for sustainable development through impact investing.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292627724
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292690442
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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In the second quarter of 2021, rising COVID-19 cases have cast a shadow over emerging East Asia's growth outlook. Yet the region's financial conditions remain broadly stable amid accommodative monetary policy stances despite some weakening signs. Local currency (LCY) bond markets in emerging East Asia expanded to $21.1 trillion at the end of June, as governments tapped LCY bonds to support recovery measures and contain the negative impact of rising COVID-19 cases. The ASEAN+3 sustainable bond market expanded to $345.2 billion at the end of Q2 2021, accounting for nearly 19% of the global sustainable bond market. The risk to the outlook for regional financial markets remains tilted to the downside. Uncertainty over recovery prospects due to COVID-19, combined with a strong US economic rebound and possible earlier-than-expected monetary policy normalization in the US, could lead to further weakening of financial conditions. This issue of the Asia Bond Monitor features special boxes on emerging East Asia's economic outlook, market capacity and central banks’ asset purchasing programs, debt build-up, and social risk in developing Asia.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292577549
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Infrastructure is essential for development. This report presents a snapshot of the current condition of developing Asia's infrastructure---defined here as transport, power, telecommunications, and water supply and sanitation. It examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will likely be needed through 2030. Finally, it analyzes the financial and institutional challenges that will shape future infrastructure investment and development.
Author: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 9210014618
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report is a recurrent ESCAP annual publication that discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN). The 2022 edition of the report, with its theme of "Financing a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 and Beyond", highlights the significant financing needs and gaps that these countries face in their recovery efforts from COVID-19 and in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. It also also examines policy options to mobilize financial resources in these countries for that purpose.
