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The Asia and Pacific region continued to grow despite a difficult external global environment. The developing member countries demonstrated considerable resilience, following the second oil shock and the international debt crisis that followed. This volume shows how the Asian Development Bank (ADB) responded to the growing diversity among its developing member countries as both membership and operations widened during decade. Considerations about ADB's priorities were ongoing and ranged across many topics. To support these discussions as well as to provide information for policy makers across the region, ADB sought to position itself as a "regional resource center" with a broader development role of providing not only financial assistance but becoming a center of new thinking on development issues in the region as well. ADB moved closer to the ground by opening its first Resident Office in Bangladesh in 1982. New products were introduced—program lending, sector lending, direct lending to private sector without government guarantees, and equity investment—to meet changing needs and expectations of countries. As the decade closed, two key historical landmarks occurred: ADB made its first loan to India, and the People's Republic of China became a member after long and difficult negotiations.

The Philippine Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017 is an opportune time to revive the National Branding Council proposal made by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 20121 to build the international image and reputation of the country. Nation Branding is an important tool in managing a country's identity across the globe forming part of public diplomacy (PD). PD covers aspects such as inducing appeal by influencing public opinion using information, education and culture. This has long been strategically employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Nation branding, on the other hand, is a related concept but not new to Philippine government agencies such as the Department of Tourism and the Department of Trade and Industry. Nation branding, however, entails knowing the country—its people, products, and how it is perceived by other publics.

The 21st edition of the G20 Monitor highlights important considerations for the G20 ahead of the 4–5 September 2016 G20 Leaders' Summit in Hangzhou, and examines some of the broader governance challenges that may feature prominently at the 7–8 July 2017 G20 Leaders' Summit in Hamburg, Germany.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

In this Newsletter, we are pleased to feature Prof. Gamini Keerawala from the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Bangladesh. Prof. Keerawala joined the RCSS as Executive Director in November 2017 succeeding former RCSS Executive Director Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed. We are also delighted to have Mr. Samal Vimukthi Hemachandra, a RCSS researcher, in this issue.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) marks its 25th anniversary in 2018. It was first mentioned in the Joint Communique of the 26th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in July 1993, held in Singapore. Singapore's Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng noted that the ARF was "a unique occasion and a significant milestone to ASEAN's effort to promote dialogue on regional security". The ARF today continues to be the key region-wide forum dealing with political and security issues in the Asia-Pacific. No other regional security mechanism involves as wide-ranging a participation as the ARF's current 27 members: the ten ASEAN countries, ASEAN's ten Dialogue Partners, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Timor-Leste. Yet, the emergence of other regional security institutions such as the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the ADMM Plus have caused some recent soul-searching. It is worth re-examining the global and regional context that motivated the ARF's conception, and the ASEAN-centred mechanisms that the ARF has introduced.

The 2017 Development Effectiveness Review (DEfR) is the 11th in a series of yearly reports by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on its performance in achieving the priorities of Strategy 2020, its long-term strategic framework for 2008–2020. The 2017 DEfR tracks recent development progress in Asia and the Pacific, assesses ADB's development effectiveness, and identifies areas where ADB's performance needs to be strengthened.

This publication presents data visualization of economic statistics from South and Central Asia relevant for the analysis of cross-border production arrangements at the local, regional, and global levels. It covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Two companion publications focus on Eastern Asia, and Southeastern Asia and the Pacific. The statistics were computed from the Asian Development Bank's multi-regional input-output database, which serves the increasing demand for structured, relevant, timely, and accurate data, especially with the onset of various economic research projects on global value chains. Supply and use tables and input-output tables in these publications address the emerging need for more systematic and comprehensive approaches in data management, economic analysis, and policy research for national economies around the world.

This publication presents data visualization of economic statistics from Eastern Asia relevant for the analysis of cross-border production arrangements at the local, regional, and global levels. It covers Hong Kong, China; Japan; Mongolia; the People's Republic of China; the Republic of Korea; and Taipei,China. Two companion publications focus on South and Central Asia, and Southeastern Asia and the Pacific. The statistics were computed from the Asian Development Bank's multi-regional input-output database, which serves the increasing demand for structured, relevant, timely, and accurate data, especially with the onset of various economic research projects on global value chains. Supply and use tables and input-output tables in these publications address the emerging need for more systematic and comprehensive approaches in data management, economic analysis, and policy research for national economies around the world.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.

This ADBI newsletter is published periodically throughout the year to provide information on current events, seminars and summits, Job opportunities, blogs and news and current publications concerning growth and development in Asia and the Pacific.