Local Currency Bonds and Infrastructure Finance in ASEAN+3
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Local Currency Bonds and Infrastructure Finance in ASEAN+3 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—to develop local currency bond markets and facilitate regional bond market integration under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). ABMI was launched in 2002 to strengthen the resilience of the region’s financial system by developing local currency bond markets as an alternative source to foreign currency-denominated, short-term bank loans for long-term investment financing. The need for infrastructure investment among ASEAN+3 members is well documented, with estimates for needed investment through 2020 reaching as high as US$550 billion. Local currency financing of infrastructure projects has the important advantage of avoiding the currency risk that can arise when a project generating revenues in the domestic currency has foreign currency-denominated debt service requirements. This study was undertaken under ABMI and funded by the Government of the PRC. It addresses two key questions: (i) Why is local currency bond financing not more widely used for infrastructure projects in ASEAN+3? and (ii) What can be done to promote infrastructure bond financing? About the Asian Development Bank ADB’s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region’s many successes, it remains home to the majority of the world’s poor. ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance. LOCAL CURRENCY BONDS AND INFRasTRUCTURE FINANCE IN ASEAN+3 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK www.adb.org LOCAL CURRENCY BONDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE IN ASEAN+3 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (report) Reminder: This is the copyright and disclaimer page to be used in new ADB publications as of January 2015. This page now reflects ADB’s move to Open Access and use of a Creative Commons (CC) IGO license. Most ADB-only publications are covered by the CC BY 3.0 IGO Creative CommonsCommons Attribution Attribution 3.0 3.0 IGO IGO license license (CC (CC BY BY 3.0 3.0 IGO) IGO) license, as per the text below. For copublished titles, a different CC license may apply. 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