
Scott Morris
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Vice President for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific @ADB_HQ. Personal account.
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28-03-2012 01:59:51
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My Project Syndicate piece on the escalating US-China trade conflict and its potential impact on third countries: project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-…



@vijramachandran from the Breakthrough shares her take on the use of World Bank Enterprise Surveys in identifying development gaps. JOIN OUR EVENT on the power of utilizing firm-level survey data to unleash #privatesector development 👉 worldbank.org/en/events/2024…


My message at the IPEF Clean Energy Investors Forum: we won’t accelerate and scale climate tech without better policy environments. Subsidizing private investors can’t be the only strategy. That’s why Asian Development Bank invests so much in policy-based lending.



Just for having been a handmaiden in that extraordinary, unprecedented outcome (of economic convergence of the poor towards the rich), hyperglobalization deserves—if not three—at least two cheers Dev Patel Justin Sandefur & me in Foreign Affairs 1/ foreignaffairs.com/china/requiem-…


Very happy to see this out and privileged to have authored a chapter on World Bank. I wrote this before joining Asian Development Bank, and I’m happy to report that my views have not been radically altered since shifting from MDB outsider to insider.


Great 🧵from ADB Pacific, not just on my visit to Papua New Guinea this week, but also a good look at our partnership with the country.

Nature-based solutions are a priority area for action in the Indopacific – home to 17 of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots. While it remains underfunded, it is a vital area of investment to build climate resilience. #SUFIP2024 Asian Development Bank, WWF, KfW Development Bank, and IUCN


🚨 New Peterson Institute paper today! South Korea is projected to hit *negative* sustained GDP growth around 2050. A key reason: aging. Fertility just fell below 0.7 lifetime children (replacement = 2.1) One clear, feasible policy decision can avert this. I have receipts. 🇰🇷 Thread—>


I am looking for a deputy & thought partner Center for Global Development: record of strong research, interest in management (eg mentoring younger researchers), proven ability & desire to impact policy, strategic thinker. Team worker & builder. Based in DC. Please submit soon! …erforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/RFQzzCZV…