COVID-19 and Public–Private Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 and Public–Private Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2021-02-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9292625861

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is significantly impacting the development and life cycle of public–private partnership (PPP) projects in Asia and the Pacific. This has led to disruptions in trade, production, and supply chains as well as sharp declines in consumption and investment. This guidance note examines the impacts of COVID-19 on PPP projects in region including the implications for contractual arrangements. It presents governance practices that will help mitigate the risks and outlines important considerations for governments in regard to managing PPP projects for a post-pandemic recovery.

Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Vietnam
Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Vietnam

Author: Sang Minh Le

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1464815747

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This book describes the nature of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector in Vietnam. It defines health-related PPPs, describes their key characteristics, and develops a taxonomy of the different types of PPPs that exist in practice, illustrated by international examples. It also assesses the regulatory and institutional framework for the health PPP program in Vietnam, as well as financing and accountability mechanisms for PPPs at its national and subnational levels. It provides an overview of the PPP project pipeline in Vietnam and analyzes important issues in the health PPPs’ design, preparation, and implementation, using eight case studies involving projects in different phases of the project cycle. This book also examines barriers that have hampered the successful design and implementation of health care PPPs in Vietnam. These barriers may be broadly categorized as barriers in the PPP policy and regulatory framework, in the public sector, in the private sector, and in the financial sector. It proposes feasible and actionable recommendations so that the government can consider tackling the identified barriers and advance the successful design and implementation of health PPPs.

Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific
Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Bambang Susantono

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9292623567

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has unleashed unparalleled challenges. At the same time, it offers a window to rethink Asia’s most fundamental development policies and strategies to address inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and environmental challenges. This publication gathers blogs and short policy pieces contributed by ADB staff and experts in an attempt to tackle immediate challenges and prepare for what may lie beyond the horizon. It covers a broad range of development challenges and highlights the crucial role of rapid adoption of digital technologies, adequate supply of quality infrastructure, disaster risk management, and strengthening regional cooperation for a resilient and sustainable future by shaping post-pandemic conditions.

Mastering the Risky Business of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
Mastering the Risky Business of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure

Author: Manal Fouad

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-05-10

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1513576569

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Investment in infrastructure can be a driving force of the economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of shrinking fiscal space. Public-private partnerships (PPP) bring a promise of efficiency when carefully designed and managed, to avoid creating unnecessary fiscal risks. But fiscal illusions prevent an understanding the sources of fiscal risks, which arise in all infrastructure projects, and that in PPPs present specific characteristics that need to be addressed. PPP contracts are also affected by implicit fiscal risks when they are poorly designed, particularly when a government signs a PPP contract for a project with no financial sustainability. This paper reviews the advantages and inconveniences of PPPs, discusses the fiscal illusions affecting them, identifies a diversity of fiscal risks, and presents the essentials of PPP fiscal risk management.

COVID-19 and Public-Private Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 and Public-Private Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9789292625856

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This guidance note examines the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Asia and the Pacific and identifies how these can be mitigated. COVID-19 is significantly affecting the development and life cycle stages of PPP projects in the region. This has led to disruptions in trade, production, and supply chains as well as sharp declines in consumption and investment. The guidance note looks at these impacts as well as the implications for contractual arrangements. It also presents governance practices that will help mitigate the risks and outlines important considerations for governments in regard to managing PPP projects for a post-pandemic recovery.

Big Data for Better Tourism Policy, Management, and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
Big Data for Better Tourism Policy, Management, and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9292691368

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Big data is already being used to measure, monitor, and manage tourism development, but its potential remains to be fully exploited. This report discusses the trends, opportunities, and challenges in using big data and digitalization in the tourism sector. It highlights how big data is being leveraged for COVID-19 recovery and examines its relationship with statistical frameworks to better measure the economic, social, and environmental impact of tourism. Case studies of partnerships in Asia and the Pacific between the public and private sector demonstrate ways to tap big data.

Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 9292542257

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This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Fourteen background papers were commissioned to investigate food security issues particularly pertinent for Asia and the Pacific. The report synthesizes and collates the primary findings from these papers to articulate key policy challenges and opportunities related to food security in the region.

COVID-19 and Transport in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 and Transport in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9292625837

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The economic and social impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been dramatic, and transport has played a central role in its spread. The transport sector has also enabled essential workers to get to work during the pandemic and will support the needs of the population throughout the different stages of recovery. This guidance note presents (i) the impacts of the pandemic on social and travel behaviors in Asia and the Pacific, and how the transport sector is responding; and (ii) guiding principles and good practices in transport operations to support economic recovery.

Sustainable Tourism After COVID-19
Sustainable Tourism After COVID-19

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9292692577

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has devastated tourism in Asia and the Pacific, exposing the region’s dependence on the sector. This publication examines the prepandemic tourism system, the impacts of COVID-19, and how tourism in the region might be reset to contribute more effectively to the Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights six pathways for promoting systemic change in the sector: a value-driven approach, decarbonization, tourism-led regeneration, improved governance, and sustainable finance. It provides concrete recommendations on how policymakers and industry stakeholders can leverage tourism to foster sustainable development and a green recovery in Asia and the Pacific.