The Banker reviews the Asia-Pacific region’s best deals of the past year.

Ensuring Asia’s population has access to Covid-19 vaccines has required the public and private sector to step up with financial support.

Central Asia has a strong economic history of oil and gas exports, but renewables are increasingly being seen as a way to increase energy capacity. 

Central Asia’s dependence on oil and gas is being challenged so the region is turning towards renewable projects to bridge the gap.

Asian Development Bank president Masatsugu Asakawa outlines challenges Covid-19 has created for development banks.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president Jin Liqun on how the pandemic has exposed weaknesses in many economies. 

Beijing is looking to reduce the scope of risky shadow banking operations, yet the sector is vital to country's economy. 

A new investment deal may become a casualty of tit-for-tat sanctions after the EU sanctioned China over its human rights abuses. 

One of the Indian central bank’s priorities should be to ensure private and public banks operate on a level playing field.