Development Asia

Efficient and stable management of real estate assets helps ensure macroeconomic stability, economic growth, and job creation. Photo credit: ADB.

Stimulating Indirect Investment in Real Estate

Significant reforms are needed to improve indirect investment vehicles in real estate in the Republic of Korea.

The Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan’s main source of power, producing over 70% of the country’s electricity. Photo credit: ADB.

How to Increase Energy Supply, Reduce Isolation and Improve Social Services

Tajikistan has overcome the challenges of being a mountainous, landlocked country to make development gains across society.

Bandung in West Java, located just south of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, is one of Southeast Asia’s fast-rising cities. Studies show that the balanced and holistic development of second-tiered cities and towns can help ease the pressure of urbanization on a country’s primary cities. Photo credit: ADB.

Balanced Development of Secondary Cities Key to Overcoming Urban Challenges

Asia's rapid urbanization requires the balanced and holistic development of second-tier cities and towns to release pressure from congested megacities.

How Seoul Is Meeting the Challenges of Urban Renewal

The Republic of Korea’s capital city faced and resolved a series of obstacles to constructing a modern public building on a historic site.

Skyscrapers dominate the skyline in Shanghai, a commercial and financial hub in the People’s Republic of China. Photo: ADB.

The Increasingly Overlooked Ingredient for Surviving the Next Asian Financial Crisis: Regional Cooperation

Regional financial cooperation has strengthened Asian economies and made them more resilient, but attention toward this important work has waned in recent years.

The community can play a key role in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. Photo credit: Higashi Matsushima City.

Using a Community-Driven Model to Build Back Better

After a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, communities in Higashi Matsushima City led recovery efforts and built a smart city.

Amid a looming energy gap resulting from increasing demand for energy, power consumers in the Philippines are burdened with one of the most expensive electricity rates in Asia, if not the world. Photo credit: ADB 2010.

Energy Efficiency: Making It Work Nationwide

The formula: installing energy efficient lighting systems in government offices and parks, distributing fluorescent lamps nationwide, and establishing a green labeling system for buildings.