The article highlights how the key focus of the 8th Five-Year Plan (FYP) during the 2020-2025 period will be on creating sustainable jobs and reduction of poverty for inclusive growth, and how the FYP plans to ensure equal opportunities for all, mitigate the damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and tackle the looming threat of climate change.
The article speaks to the concept of the blue bond as a development financing tool is fairly new in Bangladesh, and still remains largely unexplored. Bangladesh is facing a financing gap in reaching the SDGs by 2030, highlighting how the private sector would be a key player in addressing this gap.
An overview of how Indonesia has taken progressive steps to reform public climate finance management.
On 15 July 2021, ADBI and UNESCAP will host a webinar on "Building Post-COVID-19 Economic Resilience in Asia and the Pacific".
On 9 July 2021, the United Nations Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is hosting an online event on "Green Recoveries for a Job-Rich Future".