Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017

	ADB increases trade finance to US$75 million for TPBank
	ADB, SHB strike deal to provide trade loans in Vietnam
	Asian Development Bank backs Vietnam’s growth

On 8 September 2017, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released the 2017 edition of Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific. Key Indicators 2017 provides the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental statistics for the 48 regional members of ADB.

ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada said that “Key Indicators 2017 will be a useful tool for ADB member countries, researchers, media, and citizens for monitoring the region’s development progress,”. “Data plays a critical role in helping decision-makers prioritize policies to meet their development goals and the report brings together comparable statistics on a broad range of development themes.”

A key addition to this year’s report is an analysis of sex-disaggregated data that ADB researchers conducted through 3 pilot surveys. The pilot surveys have produced rich data on asset ownership at the individual level, and provide valuable lessons for future statistical work on the subject.

ADB increases trade finance to US$75 million for TPBank Tien Phong Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (TPBank) has received US$45 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Trade ...

In addition, the report also includes contents about SDG indicators in Asia and the Pacific; Regional trends and tables; Updated tables and data for the Global Value Chain statistics and Updated individual country tables for 48 regional members of ADB are available online.