Peter J. Morgan, Michael C. Huang, Michelle Voyer, Dominique Benzaken and Atsushi Watanabe (eds), Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance. Tokyo, Japan: Asian Development Bank Institute, 2022, 379 pp., ISBN: 978-4-89974-251-7 (Print), ISBN: 978-4-89974-252-

international organizations, activists, local community, etc., on the degree of caution required in the sensitive domain of the blue economy. The chapters convincingly touch upon both core and related sectors of the marine economy. The cross-country comparisons are instrumental in bringing out planning, policy and institutional asymmetries across economies. The book also opens up the scope for future research by highlighting the ocean-related problem areas that require constant monitoring, creative solutions, institutionalised collaboration and above all a holistic and interdisciplinary approach