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  <title>EconStor Community: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53142" />
  <subtitle>Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo</subtitle>
  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53142</id>
  <updated>2026-04-28T07:39:56Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-28T07:39:56Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Are natural disasters disastrous for education? Evidence from seven Asian countries</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322336" />
    <author>
      <name>Zhang, Yujie</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Behrman, Jere R.</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Hannum, Emily</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Wang, Fan</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322336</id>
    <updated>2025-07-30T01:03:30Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Are natural disasters disastrous for education? Evidence from seven Asian countries
Authors: Zhang, Yujie; Behrman, Jere R.; Hannum, Emily; Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin; Wang, Fan
Abstract: We estimate natural-disaster impacts on children's school enrollments and math skills and test for impact heterogeneities with respect to age and gender in seven countries in Asia and the Pacific, which is the world's most disaster-prone region. We link survey data on children aged 5 to 17 to time- and geo-coded disaster variables. We create time-varying disaster exposures for each child for the first 1,000 days from conception, the most recent years, and the time in between. The results show significant negative effects of early life natural disaster exposures on enrollments and math skills; weaker or no effects of recent or mid-childhood disaster exposures; persistent negative effects of early life exposures on enrollments through school-going ages; and variable age patterns of the enrollment and learning effects of exposures across countries. Boys' enrollments were more negatively affected by early life natural- disaster exposures, and girls' math-test scores were more negatively affected by early life natural-disaster exposures.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>India's green hydrogen review and perspective</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322335" />
    <author>
      <name>Ogino, Kaoru</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Son, Jongmi</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322335</id>
    <updated>2025-07-30T01:03:10Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: India's green hydrogen review and perspective
Authors: Ogino, Kaoru; Son, Jongmi
Abstract: As a global leader in renewable energy, India is transitioning from fossil fuel-based hydrogen to green hydrogen, driven by technological advancements, cost reductions, and supportive policies. Initiatives like the National Green Hydrogen Mission and Green Hydrogen Policy aim to establish India as a global hub, targeting an annual production of 5 million metric tons by 2030. The strategy emphasizes investments in indigenous technologies, pilot projects, and infrastructure to boost domestic demand and production. However, significant challenges remain in scaling up green hydrogen production. These include high capital expenditures for electrolyzers, gaps in transportation and storage technologies, and material dependencies. While alkaline electrolysis systems are not expected to face long-term material constraints, they still require substantial quantities of steel, nickel, and copper per megawatt. India's dependence on imported nickel could disrupt supply chains even for these systems. To address these challenges, collaboration between the government, public enterprises, and the private sector is essential for building a sustainable green hydrogen ecosystem. By 2030, India's investment in green hydrogen and its ammonia capacity is estimated to reach approximately $ 34.0 billion, with $ 9.3 billion (27%) from government-owned enterprises and $ 24.8 billion (73%) from major private companies, based on their current investment plans. This investment is projected to achieve a green hydrogen and green ammonia capacity of over 10 million metric tons by 2030, doubling the government's target. While economic analysis shows that green hydrogen projects can be viable in accordance with the Asian Development Bank's economic analysis guideline, financial analysis underscores the need for financing mechanisms-such as public funding, guaranteed pricing, and operational support-to make projects more competitive and attract investment. In particular, concessional funding will play a key role in mitigating risk and attracting initial investments. Additionally, a unified policy approach must address the development of infrastructure and foster collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Given the scarcity of key raw materials for electrolyzers, such as iridium and platinum, exploring alternative options like anion exchange membrane electrolyzers could be strategically significant for scaling up production. International partnerships for green hydrogen exports will also be important to support expansion on a large scale.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Examining the perception of women's role in India's blue economy: A systematic literature review</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296818" />
    <author>
      <name>Behera, Arakhita</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296818</id>
    <updated>2024-06-07T01:27:29Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Examining the perception of women's role in India's blue economy: A systematic literature review
Authors: Behera, Arakhita
Abstract: The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women's employment and leadership in India's blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November 2022, to find out how people think and feel about women's participation with regard to employment and leadership in terms of taking decisions in traditionally male-dominated sectors i.e., fishing, marine shipping, and blue economy tourism. The evaluation closes with recommendations for the compilation of baseline inventories to collect gender-disaggregated data to advise policy on which sectors hinder women's participation as well as a new framework to create pathways for women's holistic participation in India's blue economy.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Did the COVID-19 lockdown affect air quality? Evidence from Viet Nam</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296821" />
    <author>
      <name>Nghia Thi Thu Nguyen</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Tran Thi Ngan</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Wong, Chun Yee</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296821</id>
    <updated>2024-06-07T01:29:38Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Did the COVID-19 lockdown affect air quality? Evidence from Viet Nam
Authors: Nghia Thi Thu Nguyen; Tran Thi Ngan; Wong, Chun Yee
Abstract: Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries implemented a partial or full lockdown as a preventive measure. Although lockdown caused an economic contraction, it unexpectedly improved the environment, especially air pollution. This paper quantifies the impact of the lockdown on air quality by utilizing the air quality data and the lockdown periods in 11 cities and provinces in Viet Nam in 2022 and 2021. Our main empirical framework examines how lockdown measures affected air quality across different locations in Viet Nam during this period. To address the heterogenous effects of lockdown, we conducted a subsample analysis on locations. Utilizing a linear model with time- and location-fixed effects, our analysis revealed that implementing an extra day of lockdown resulted in a decrease of 1.018 ppm in the CO level, while a stricter full lockdown for an additional day led to a drop of 1.369 ppm. These findings remained consistent even when examining the subsamples by location.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
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