ISBN 978-4-89974-251-7 (356 pages)
Published July, 2022 by ADB Institute Press
(Open Access, printed version available at OPRI upon request)

　Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance is the outcome of “Virtual Conference on Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance” co-organized by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), and the Ocean Affairs Council. The book provides evidence-based approaches for promoting sustainable ocean and coastal development and management in Asia and the Pacific. It discusses governance, planning, sectoral management, and risk management imperatives. This includes innovative ocean financing schemes and strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change and unsustainable practices on ocean and coastal ecosystem-reliant communities and sectors. The book offers timely insights for policy makers and scholars seeking to better understand the region’s ocean sustainability challenges and opportunities.

From OPRI, nine researchers cooperated as authors of sections shown below.

Foreword
*Hide Sakaguchi
 
Chapter 1 Overview of the Blue Economy and Blue Finance
*Michael C. Huang and Peter J. Morgan
 
Chapter 3 Tracking International Aid for Ocean Conservation and Climate Action
*Nagisa Shiiba, Miko Maekawa, Tibor Vegh, and John Virdina
 
Chapter 7 Capitalizing on Co-Benefits and Synergies to Promote the Blue Economy in Asia and the Pacific
*Masanori Kobayashi, Atsushi Watanabe, Keita Furukawa, Keshia N. Tingson, Yimnang Golbuu, and Cielito F. Habito
 
Chapter 11 Building Back Better in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific: Initial Insights from the Binary Constrained Disaster Model of Disaster Risk Management Policy Options in Fiji
*Nepomuk Dunz, Hajime Tanaka, Nagisa Shiiba, Junko Mochizuki, and Asjad Naqvi