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Working Together in Pursuit of Inclusive Business: Sharing the Latin American and Caribbean Experience with Asia and the Pacific: A Retrospective
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
partnership on South–South cooperation. One of the priority topics for this inter-institutional cooperation is inclusive business … grant-financed technical assistance projects. ADB recently created its Inclusive Business Initiative to provide specific … the pursuit of inclusive business. It is part of the IDB–ADB cooperation on knowledge exchange between the two regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890148
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The Challenges of Doing Business in Papua New Guinea: An Analytical Summary of the 2012 Business Environment Survey by the Institute of National Affairs
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
the 2002 and 2007 surveys and shows that, while the business environment has improved since 2002, doing business in Papua … New Guinea remains extremely challenging. Continued concerted efforts to improve the business environment will help …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933965
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In 2011, Uzbekistan celebrated 20 years of independence. The transition has not been smooth for any country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality. The status of women and men in Uzbekistan is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942333
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Information and Communication Technologies for Women Entrepreneurs: Prospects and Potential In Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
information and communication technologies (ICTs) is essential to business development and growth. This study assesses the need …, policy and leadership coordination, financial services, business development support, capacity building and use promotion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272881
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ADB Brief 23: Using Information and Communication Technology to Support Women’s Entrepreneurship in Central and West Asia
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
communication technology (ICT) can be used to support business activity and overcome challenges specific to women, (ii) the barriers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165196
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Pacific Island Countries: In Search of a Trade Strategy
Chen, Hong; Rauqeuqe, Lanieta; Singh, Shiu raj; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
tourism for a number of PICs. Moreover, if a strong two-way linkage is established between tourism and agriculture, Pacific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959471
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Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper analyzes sustaining potential growth in Aruba. As in the other Caribbean countries, there are growing concerns in Aruba about the slowdown in economic growth over the past two decades and the consequent tepid outlook for potential growth. Tackling such concerns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245149
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St. Kitts and Nevis: Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878421
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Assessing Impact in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An Analysis of Regional Cooperation Projects
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
representative projects in the road transport, health, tourism, and energy sectors were selected for detailed analysis, and research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942331
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Iceland: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capital inflows have been liberalized, but most outflows remain restricted. Iceland has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244178