Viet Nam has experienced spectacular economic growth over the past decade, in part the result of massive foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. Although much has been written on the impacts of FDI in developing countries, previous studies have generally ignored macroeconomic consequences in...

ADB’s Regional Economic Outlook Task Force led in the preparation of the revised outlook for this ADO Supplement. The Task Force is chaired by the Economics and Research Department and includes representatives from the Central and West Asia Department, East Asia Department, Pacific Department,...

The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries using data for more than 20 countries in the region for 1988-2007. The results indicate that remittances positively affect home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per...