ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Spillover and Financing
Rapid advancements in financial technology, or fintech, are opening the door to greater financial inclusion and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. However, the growing knowledge gap between innovators and regulators regarding fintech and business models that apply it threatens to undermine the benefits while giving rise to new challenges.
Infrastructure development could provide an important boost to COVID-19 recovery among developing Asian economies but will require financing solutions that address growing constraints on the use of public funds for projects due to the pandemic. New funding sources are particularly vital for tackling the region’s sustainable infrastructure investment gap, which is equal to 2.4% of GDP and includes financing for climate mitigation and adaptation.
This first of three ADBI virtual workshops on analyzing infrastructure impacts in Asia through big data will examine new, big data-based research proposals on infrastructure’s socioeconomic spillover effects and measures for optimizing them to mobilize private investment growth. It will also feature a related training session with Keio University Professor Emeritus Naoyuki Yoshino.
Objectives
- Assess the role of big data in gauging the spillover effects of infrastructure growth
- Consider how infrastructure’s spillover effects can be channeled to attract private investment for new projects
Eligibility
- Policy makers and experts from think tanks, universities, and other institutions, as well as post-graduate students
Benefits
- Enhanced understanding of how big data can be used to determine the spillover effects of infrastructure and policies for harnessing them to address project funding gaps
- Greater impetus for dialogue, research, and cooperation on innovative infrastructure financing and development
Application Process
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