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Waves of Investment Megahype. Digital, ESG, AI: What’s Next?
The report examines the logic behind current technology investment booms and the likely waves of investment on the horizon over the next 20 years. The study highlights that investment waves often accelerate the emergence of new industries. Following the peak in interest in digitalisation in 2021, the ESG agenda in 2023 and artificial intelligence in 2025, the next likely areas could be biotechnology and longevity, robotics and autonomous systems, the space economy, virtual reality, energy storage, and climate adaptation. The authors also note that investment in ‘long and healthy lives’ could become one of the solutions for governments to the structural challenges of the labour market. 07 April 2026 -
Power Sector of Central Asia: Modernization and Energy Transition
Central Asia is entering a period of profound energy transformation. Rapid growth in electricity demand, high levels of wear and tear on generation and grid assets, dependence on coal, gas, and hydropower, as well as the need to adapt to the global energy transition, present the region with a challenge: to simultaneously ensure energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability. The EDB study shows that the optimal response to the challenge is not an extreme scenario, but a “middle path” strategy - a balanced modernization model combining the upgrading of conventional generation, the development of renewable energy, storage, grids, digitalization, and regional integration. 19 March 2026 -
Capacity Building by Multilateral Development Banks: Cases and Key Features of Training Initiatives
The report provides an overview of 14 IFIs training initiatives (Academies, Institutes, educational programmes). It features a systematic analysis, including their goals, governance and financing models, target audiences, thematic areas, online platforms, partnerships, and measures of effectiveness. 26 February 2026 -
The Eurasian Region and Partner Countries in Asia: Analysis of Investment Flows based on EDB Monitoring of Mutual Investments
The report is part of a series of publications within the framework of the EDB's flagship research project dedicated to Monitoring of Mutual Investments (MMI) in the Eurasian region. The report provides detailed information on the scale, dynamics, geographical and sectoral structure of mutual foreign direct investment (FDI) between countries in the Eurasian region and Asia in 2024 and the first half of 2025. It assesses the trends affecting the nature and dynamics of mutual investment relations. The EDB's MMI is based on a database of investment projects, which is compiled using a bottom-up approach based on open sources and contains detailed information on projects implemented in the Eurasian region. 29 January 2026