Research Program

ADBI research seeks to identify effective development strategies and improve capacity for sound development management in ADB DMCs. It focuses on medium-term and regional issues with strategic implications for development thinking and policy making.

Selection of research topics for 2013 – 2015: (i) use inputs from stakeholders via a needs survey; (ii) build on previous research projects; and (iii) incorporate feedback from research collaborators.

Inquiries are conducted via the network approach. The ADBI works with a variety of regional and non-regional actors, comprising of both in-house and external researchers.

ADBI's research priorities for 2013-2015 are clustered under four headings:

• projects with crosscutting themes
• inclusive and sustainable growth
• regional cooperation and integration, and
• governance for policies and institutions

For details on ADBI's research program, read the Three-Year Rolling Work Program 2013-2015.

Current Projects

1. ASEAN 2030
2. ASEAN, the PRC, and India: The Great Transformation?
3. Climate Change and Green Asia
4. Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia
5. Currency Internationalization: Lessons and Prospects for the RMB
6. Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific
7. Future of the World Trading System: Asian Perspectives