Podcasts Government Asia's Developing Future Book authors dispel doubts about services growth potential in Factory Asia

Book authors dispel doubts about services growth potential in Factory Asia

Published: April 1, 2020, 4:08 a.m.

Uncertainty caused by the new coronavirus is disrupting services industries ranging from healthcare, to travel and tourism, to financial markets, adding to concerns about their capacity to boost Asia\u2019s manufacturing-driven economies. In this podcast, Matthias Helble and Ben Shepherd, co-editors of the new ADBI-ADB book Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies, along with contributor Valerie Mercer-Blackman, explain why such pessimism is misplaced.\n\nThe views in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).\n\nRead the transcript\nhttps://bit.ly/2JvOj1i\n\nADBI\u2019s related publications\nLeveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies\nhttps://bit.ly/2xAC2Gf