Enhance AsianBondsOnline as the Primary Bond Information Platform in ASEAN+3

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will facilitate demand for local currency-denominated (LCY) bonds in members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (collectively known as ASEAN+3). The TA aims to strengthen information dissemination and raise awareness among bond investors to promote demand for LCY bonds as part of the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). The TA will undertake its activities under ABMI Task Force 2, following the guidance of the ABMI road map, which was endorsed by ASEAN+3 governments in May 2019. The TA will upgrade the bond market data portal, the AsianBondsOnline (ABO) website, into a comprehensive regional bond market information platform that disseminates a wide range of information-including market data, knowledge products, policy and regulatory changes, and recent market practices-from all ABMI task forces in an integrated and systematic way to facilitate communication with regional and global investors and issuers. As the primary information platform for ASEAN+3 bond markets, the enhanced ABO portal will better serve stakeholders within and outside ASEAN+3 member economies.